UP Academy Holland

Set in Dorchester, Massachusetts, UP Academy Holland is a well-populated K-5 school, part of Boston. It hosts 641 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 381.

Boston runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 46,437 students. UP Academy Holland is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, UP Academy Holland shows that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 46% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, UP Academy Holland lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which UP Academy Holland is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frederick Pilot Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

UP Academy Holland operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. UP Academy Holland's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 762 (now 641). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 7% to 2%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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