Orchard Gardens K-8 School

Regular School · Roxbury, MA

Orchard Gardens K-8 School is a regular school school in Roxbury, Massachusetts, serving grades PK–08 with 689 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 10.2:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 08

Enrollment

689

Teachers (FTE)

67.5

Student–Teacher Ratio

10.2:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Black or African American	379	55%
Hispanic/Latino	267	39%
White	17	2%
Asian	11	2%
Two or more races	9	1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	4	1%
American Indian / Alaska Native	2	0%
Total enrollment	689	351M / 338F

English Language Learners: 370 (54% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	4.0% -32.7pp	36.7%	473
Reading Proficiency	12.0% -37.2pp	49.2%	481
Science Proficiency	<=5%	—	124

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

-0.61 grade levels

Math

+0.22 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

None offered

Out-of-School Suspensions

3.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

235

34.1% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	689	100%

Contact & Location

906 Albany Street

Roxbury, MA 02119

Phone: (617)635-1656

http://www.bostonpublicschools.org

District

Boston

Per-pupil expenditure: $45,516

District enrollment: 46,001

Other Schools in District

Adams Elementary School Elementary
Alighieri Dante Montessori School Elementary
Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy Elementary
Bates Elementary School Elementary
Beethoven Elementary School Elementary
Blackstone Elementary School Elementary
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot Elementary
Bradley Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 02119) → CensusDepth.com
Massachusetts population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Massachusetts teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

250279002006

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD