Boston Arts Academy

BPS/District9th-12th
174 Ipswich Street, Fenway
School Tier:
Tier 3

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Moderate Progress Toward Targets
Moderate Progress Toward Targets
State Level: Moderate Progress Toward Targets

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Quick Facts

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Enrollment 473 Students
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Student/Teacher 10:1
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Uniform Yes
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Gender Coed
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Start/End Time 8:00am-3:55pm
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Phone Number 617-635-6470
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Enrollment

All Boston Public School (BPS) high schools are open to any student who lives in Boston. Admission may be determined via open enrollment, lottery, an application, or exam. Admission to this school is based on a special application. Click Apply Online to go to the application.
Special Admission Process
Includes an audition or presentation component
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About the School

Boston Arts Academy is Boston’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts. Our mission is to prepare a diverse community of aspiring artist-scholars-citizens to be successful in their college or professional careers and be engaged members of their communities. We seek students who are passionate about the arts, works and learns together as a community, and reflects the diversity of the city of Boston. The admissions process is designed to give all students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability, potential, and commitment.

School Performance

Student performance data displayed below is from Next Generation MCAS results. For more data on schools, please visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website. For schools with multiple campuses, the data below represents all schools in that network, not just the single school, unless otherwise noted. If data is not shown, it is not available for that school (e.g. the school might not serve any tested grades, or be too small to publicly release its scores). 

IMPORTANT NOTE: DESE did not issue school, district, or state accountability determinations for the 2019-2020 school year due to the cancellation of state assessments and school closures related to COVID-19. As a result, there is no student performance data available from the state for school year 2019-2020.

School Comparative Performance

How does this school compare?

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Reading: District

Performing better than BPS district average

performance decrease
Reading: State

Performing worse than state average

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Math: District

Performing better than BPS district average

performance decrease
Math: State

Performing worse than state average

How many students passed the MCAS?
This includes scores for all tested grades in the school.

English
Math

How many students graduated?

Graduation and College Attendance

Graduation Rate
All Students
94.6%
Students w/ Disabilities
81.8%
High Needs
93.2%
EL
85.7%
African American/Black
92.2%
Asian
-%
Hispanic/Latino
95%
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.
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White
100%
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.
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Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
85.7%
College Attendance Rate
All Students
59.5%
Students w/ Disabilities
66.7%
High Needs
56.1%
EL
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African American/Black
64.6%
Asian
-%
Hispanic/Latino
56.1%
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.
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White
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Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.
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Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
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Demographics & Diversity

494
Total Enrollment
Student Diversity
75.10
FTE Count
Staff Diversity

Additional Information

Uniform Description

Dance and theatre students have required clothing.

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Enrollment

All Boston Public School (BPS) high schools are open to any student who lives in Boston. Admission may be determined via open enrollment, lottery, an application, or exam. Admission to this school is based on a special application. Click Apply Online to go to the application.
Special Admission Process
Includes an audition or presentation component
Apply Online

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