High · Massachusetts

Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy

Free meals for all

Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy, a public high school in Roxbury, Massachusetts: grades 6–12, 565 students, 10.9 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
565
Teachers (FTE)
51.6
Students per teacher
10.9
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.2 · 380 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 59% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 660 · 383 schools compared

Larger than 59% 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%

15%proficient

+4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 33% · 95 high schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

8.0%proficient

+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 81% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 24% · 95 high schools compared

187 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 6–12
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
36 Winthrop St, Roxbury, MA 02119
Phone
(617)635-8412
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
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all
9–1232310.9——
City on a Hill Charter Public SchoolCharterFree meals for all
11–12787.6——
7–121,50915.253%63%
Madison Park Technical Vocational High SchoolCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–121,1219.4——
Boston Latin AcademyFree meals for all
7–121,69317.963%51%
Fenway High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
9–1236211.8——

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.

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