Orchard Gardens K-8 School

As a well-populated K-5 school in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Orchard Gardens K-8 School serves 689 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Boston. Enrollment runs roughly 81% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Boston runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 46,437 students. Orchard Gardens K-8 School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orchard Gardens K-8 School logs that Black students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school records 39% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Orchard Gardens K-8 School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,631, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Orchard Gardens K-8 School is one.

The closest other public school is Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Orchard Gardens K-8 School's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 905 (now 689). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 51% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.