Other · Massachusetts

Melvin H. King South End Academy

Free meals for all

Melvin H. King South End Academy, a public other school in Boston, Massachusetts: grades 1–12, 125 students, 3.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Boston.

Size and class size

Compared with 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
125
Teachers (FTE)
38.5
Students per teacher
3.3
Grades
1–12
Other

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 10.5 · 34 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 626 · 34 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 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%

3.0%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 26% · 30 schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

0.0%proficient

−3.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 80% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 19% · 30 schools compared

33 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
Other · Grades 1–12
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
90 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Phone
(617)635-9976
City or town
Boston

Nearby schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Prospect Hill Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–1289010.628%19%
Pre-K–12732.03.9%3.9%
Match Charter Public SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–121,18910.222%23%
Brooke Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
K–122,21612.465%70%
Neighborhood House Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–1278610.126%20%
Codman Academy Charter Public SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–1234410.412%5.4%

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 250279000342