Ohrenberger School

Ohrenberger School, a mid-tier junior high in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, overseen by Boston, instructs 477 students, covering grades 3 through 8.

Across the 109 schools in Boston (46,437 students total), Ohrenberger School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ohrenberger School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 38% Black, 15% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Ohrenberger School records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Ohrenberger School is one campus in the mix.

Beethoven Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ohrenberger School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Ohrenberger School's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 648 (now 477). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 28% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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