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Boston Arts Academy

PublicHighGrades 9–12Alternative Education School

174 Ipswich Street, Boston, MA 02215 · (617) 635-6470 · Part of Boston School District

Boston’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
500
Students per teacher
10:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Boston Arts Academy

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 30% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 7 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency22%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts42%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

174 Ipswich Street, Boston

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9133
Grade 10135
Grade 11122
Grade 12108
Ungraded2
Enrollment over time
482’20
490’21
494’22
473’23
500’24

Up 3.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 43%Black 34%White 16%Two or more races 4%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Boston Arts Academy from Boston families.

Other schools in Boston School District

The district →
Curley K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Jamaica Plain
C
902 students8:1
Murphy K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Dorchester
B−
855 students12:1
Eliot K-8 Innovation School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Boston
A
784 students13:1
Quincy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Boston
B
731 students12:1
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Roxbury
D−
689 students10:1
UP Academy Holland
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dorchester
D−
641 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Boston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.