Salem Academy Charter School

Salem Academy Charter School is one of the modestly sized high schools in Salem, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Salem Academy Charter, with 480 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Salem Academy Charter School sits 38% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Salem Academy Charter School answers to Salem Academy Charter, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Salem Academy Charter School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 27% White, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Salem Academy Charter School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Essex County shows median household earnings sit near $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Salem Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Saltonstall School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Salem Academy Charter School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. Salem Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 475 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 43% to 27%.

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