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Boston Arts Academy

174 Ipswich Street, Boston, MA, 02215 -

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Definition of Terms

Boston Arts Academy

School Level

High school

School Type

Other/alternative school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Suffolk County, MA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

399 students

% Male / % Female

37% / 63%

Total Classroom Teachers

42 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 101 students

Grade 10 - 115 students

Grade 11 - 89 students

Grade 12 - 94 students

This School

(MA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:10

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	4%	3%
% Hispanic	29%	11%
% Black	43%	11%
% White	21%	73%
% Unknown	3 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

48%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

11%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Boston School District

This School's Agency

(MA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	139	5
Number of Students Managed	62,687 students	2,427 students
District Total Revenue	$1,090,975,000	$31,707,000
District Expenditure	$1,039,801,000	$31,191,000
District Revenue / Student	$17,404	$13,064
District Expenditure / Student	$16,587	$12,852
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

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Boston Arts Academy (BAA) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA is the city’s first and only high school for the visual and performing arts. Founded in 1998, the arts are integrated throughout the academic curriculum, with the aim to motivate students to pursue higher education. BAA provides a rigorous arts and academic education to urban youth who seldom have the opportunity to focus on the arts.
Its 405 students reflect the diversity of the seventeen Boston neighborhoods from which they come. Because of its success with urban students, BAA is a recognized leader in public education reform movement. Its use of the arts as a strategy for improving teaching and learning has attracted national and international attention. Through the school’s Center for Arts in Education, BAA’s best practices are documented and shared with educators, administrators and policymakers worldwide.
BAA is a member of the Professional Arts Consortium (ProArts), an association of six Boston institutions of higher education dedicated to the visual arts, performing arts and architecture. Its members include Berklee College of Music, the Boston Architectural Center, The Boston Conservatory, Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. ProArts coordinates programs among its members to expand educational opportunities and resources for participating institutions and works to enrich the arts and arts education in Boston and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
External links
Boston Arts Academy website
ProArts consortium

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