Bean Town Times

The ratio of students to teachers in Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School District rose by 8.5% in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

There were 395 students being taught by 34.2 teachers in Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School District, which covers schools within Suffolk County and has a main office in Boston. That's an average of 11.5 students per teacher in the district during the 2021-22 school year.

In the previous year, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School District had 385 students and 36.3 teachers on staff.

Massachusetts has roughly one teacher for every 13 students, which is better than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

However, the state is facing a teacher shortage, just like the rest of the U.S. NewsNation reported that the state was offering emergency teaching licenses to educators who only had bachelor’s degrees, in an effort to get more teachers into schools.

Previous Year	Student-to-teacher ratio	Current year	Student-to-teacher ratio
2020-21	10.6:1	2021-22	11.5:1