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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Orchard Gardens K-8 School?
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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSTON·NCES 250279002006
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
906 Albany Street, Roxbury, MA 02119 · (617) 635-1656 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Massachusetts public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
12.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -1.0pp since 2016
Math
11.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -1.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 9.0% | 5.0% |
| 2021-22 | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 4.0% |
| 2018-19 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| 2017-18 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| 2016-17 | 13.0% | 12.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Orchard Gardens K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #882 of 920 ▲ 20 | #74 of 84 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #889 of 920 ▲ 6 | #75 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #277 of 901 | #27 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #69 of 1,086 | #7 of 94 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #139 of 938 | #30 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #407 of 938 | #40 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #77 of 602 | #8 of 59 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
689
-131 (-16%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 689 | 67.5 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 68.7 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 70.9 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 820 | 74 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 905 | 68.2 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 65 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 58 | 12.0:1 | 74% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Gardens K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (905 to 689); teachers down 1% (68.2 to 67.5).
About Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Orchard Gardens K-8 School is a large elementary school located in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It had 689 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Massachusetts have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 81% higher.
The district for Orchard Gardens K-8 School is Boston, with 109 schools and 46,437 students.
The student body at Orchard Gardens K-8 School is 55% Black. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic and 2% White. Among all residents of Suffolk County, the Black share is about 18%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school lists 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Massachusetts average 12.2:1.
Among Massachusetts public elementary schools, Orchard Gardens K-8 School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Suffolk County, median household income comes to about $95,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 157, with about 75,679 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy, is about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
Federal data place Orchard Gardens K-8 School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 689, from 820 in 2020-21.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
785,121
Census ACS
Median income
$95,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
157
75,679 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Gardens K-8 SchoolHow large is Orchard Gardens K-8 School?
Orchard Gardens K-8 School enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Orchard Gardens K-8 School serve?
Orchard Gardens K-8 School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Orchard Gardens K-8 School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Orchard Gardens K-8 School.
How diverse is Orchard Gardens K-8 School?
Orchard Gardens K-8 School reports a student body of 2% White, 39% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Orchard Gardens K-8 School?
Orchard Gardens K-8 School is overseen by Boston in Suffolk County.
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