Who We Are: Average Demographics

Historically, Epiphany's student body has been approximately 20% African American, 25% Cape Verdean, 5% Caucasian, 5% Haitian, 20% Latino, 15% West Indian, 5% Vietnamese, and 5% 'other.'


Our students often face a host of challenges that threaten to impede their learning:

• 15% of our students are homeless during some of their time at Epiphany.
• Almost all of our students have recently witnessed violence.
• 20% of our students live in foster homes.
• For 50% of our students, English is not their native language.
• 60% of our students need dental work or routine exams

We still believe in the promise of each child and strive to create an environment in which each child may realize his or her potential:

• Approximately 20% of our students are on individualized learning plan.
• Over 1/3 of our students receive tutoring outside of the classroom.
• We place a high premium on teacher excellence. Our classroom teacher to student ratio is 1:10. All but one of the 6 founding teachers are still with the school after ten years.
• We require each student to master appropriate social skills and each subject's curriculum.
• These skills are evaluated annually through comprehensive benchmark exams.
• Though students unable to pass such exams risk retention, virtually none of our students leave the Epiphany community, despite its demands.