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Dorchester Academy

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Public Grades
42
Students ?
5.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
75.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 11 Charles St
       Dorchester, MA  02125

(617) 635-9730

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

African American:
69.0%
Hispanic:
19.0%
White:
9.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2011 → 2nd in 2015
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 6 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (36% vs 55% meeting standards)
!Introductory Physics scores 59 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2014-2015) ?
This school36%
District avg30%
Massachusetts avg55%
Not ranked this year
Dorchester Academy did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
298th of 348Boston among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20151.7346 of 3542.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.6336 of 3473.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.1333 of 3443.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.1332 of 3402.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20115.1320 of 3405.9%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Massachusetts (2014-2015) ?
English Language Arts66%
Mathematics42%
Science and Technology/Engineering19%-35 vs state
Introductory Physics12%-59 vs state

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Students at Dorchester Academy are 69% African American, 19% Hispanic, 10% White, 2% Asian.

In the 2017-18 school year, 42 students attended Dorchester Academy.


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