State/Public Elementary Open

Holmes Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 40 School Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, 02124

280
Pupils
8.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Holmes Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dorchester, Suffolk County. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Boston school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Boston

Enrollment & staffing

Holmes Elementary School enrolls 280 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.

Male students
163 (58%)
Female students
117 (42%)
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Student-teacher ratio
8.2:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American15555%
Hispanic or Latino10437%
Two or more races124.3%
White62.1%
Asian31.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“6

Holmes Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-70, state senate district 1, state house district 188.

School district: Boston

Holmes Elementary School is one of 109 schools in Boston, based in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The district serves 46,094 students district-wide and employs 4,311 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 280 students, Holmes Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 423 students per school.

46,094
District students
109
Schools
4,311
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
8%
Math proficient
24%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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