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BJP Community Profile
Learn more about the students and families we serve with these three questions:
1. What are the basics?
2. Where do our students come from?
3. What is home life like for our students?
2. Where do our students come from?
3. What is home life like for our students?
1. What are the basics?
BJP currently serves 89 students: 41 boys and 47 girls.
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Even though BJP is a Catholic school, the majority of our students aren't Catholic. Our religious tradition guides our mission, our academic standards, and the formation of our students.
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2. Where do our students come from?
BJP's student body represents 22 different countries spanning four continents. Most of our students come from Latin America and the Carribbean.
Our students speak 5 languages at home: English, Spanish, Creole, American Sign Language, and Yoruba.
Our students speak 5 languages at home: English, Spanish, Creole, American Sign Language, and Yoruba.
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81% of our students are either immigrants or first-generation Americans. |
Most first-generation students come from: Haiti, Trinidad, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Guyana.
3. What is home life like for our students?
100% of BJP households are at or below the Federal Poverty Line. |
80% of BJP students qualify for free or reduced lunch from the government. For context, The National Center for Education Statistics defines a school as “High Poverty” when free/reduced accounts for at least 75% of the student population.
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Overwhelmingly, BJP's students come from complex family situations. About 69% of our students come from homes where their parents are no longer together.
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14% of BJP's students could not access the internet at home via a computer.
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