UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester

Located at 35 Westville Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester is a sprawling elementary school that caters to 640 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 68% above typical.

UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester is a school of UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester reports that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester is one.

Holmes Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.