High · Massachusetts

Boston Latin Academy

Free meals for all

Boston Latin Academy, a public high school in Dorchester, Massachusetts: grades 7–12, 1,693 students, 17.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Boston.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,693
Teachers (FTE)
94.7
Students per teacher
17.9
Grades
7–12
High

More students per teacher than 96% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.2 · 380 schools compared

More students per teacher than 73% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 91% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 660 · 383 schools compared

Larger than 88% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

63%proficient

+19.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 98% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 33% · 95 high schools compared

523 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

51%proficient

+18.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 92% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 24% · 95 high schools compared

523 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city
Run by
Boston

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Location

Address
205 Townsend Street, Dorchester, MA 02121
Phone
(617)635-9957
City or town
Boston

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
City on a Hill Charter Public SchoolCharterFree meals for all
11–12787.6——
7–123999.82.9%0.0%
Dearborn 6-12 STEM AcademyFree meals for all
6–1256510.915%8.0%
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all
9–1232310.9——
9–12788.8——
7–121,50915.253%63%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 250279000204