Salem Academy Charter School

Salem Academy Charter School runs as a low-enrollment high school in Salem, Massachusetts. Federal data show 480 students enrolled in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 777 students for high schools in Massachusetts.

Salem Academy Charter is the district for Salem Academy Charter School.

Hispanic students are 57% of those enrolled at Salem Academy Charter School. The next largest groups are 27% White, 9% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Essex County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.

Salem Academy Charter School has 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Massachusetts is 23.4:1.

Among Massachusetts public high schools, Salem Academy Charter School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

Census data for Essex County show median household income comes to about $101,883, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 221 public schools in the county, enrolling about 113,427, Salem Academy Charter School among them.

Saltonstall School is the nearest public school to Salem Academy Charter School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 480, down from 495 in 2020-21.

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