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Boston School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Boston School District runs 108 public schools with 46,094 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.6 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Boston".
At a glance
- Schools
- 108
- Students
- 46,094
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4,365
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
- Phone
- (617)635-9050
- County
- Suffolk County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2502790
- State district ID
- MA-0035
- Total staff (FTE)
- 8,999
- School counselors (FTE)
- 111.0About 415 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 668.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.6
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (48,112), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.65 billion
- Federal revenue
- $87.9 million
- State revenue
- $434.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.13 billion
- Total spending
- $1.92 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $39,887
- Salaries
- $871.0 million45.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 26.2%
- Local: 68.4%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$39,887
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Boston School District
By level: 28 high, 3 middle, 74 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 237 | 7.2 |
| Albert D Holland School of TechnologyCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 399 | 10.0 |
| Alighieri Dante Montessori SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 109 | 9.9 |
| Another Course To CollegeCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 253 | 11.5 |
| Baldwin Early Learning Pilot AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 165 | 9.7 |
| Bates Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 281 | 10.4 |
| Beethoven Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 287 | 12.0 |
| Blackstone Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 582 | 9.7 |
| Boston Adult Tech AcademyCEP school | High | 11 to 12 | 227 | 10.3 |
| Boston Arts AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 500 | 9.8 |
| Boston Collaborative High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 210 | 10.5 |
| Boston International High School & Newcomers AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 490 | 8.9 |
| Boston Latin AcademyCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 1,693 | 18.0 |
| Boston Latin SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 2,424 | 18.8 |
| Boston Teachers Union K-8 PilotCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 249 | 8.9 |
| Bradley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 292 | 10.8 |
| Brighton High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 667 | 9.1 |
| Carter School | High | 8 to 12 | 28 | 28.0 |
| Channing Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 194 | 9.2 |
| Charlestown High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 754 | 8.1 |
| Chittick Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 248 | 9.5 |
| Clap Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 140 | 9.3 |
| Community AcademyCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 58 | 5.8 |
| Community Academy of Science and Health | High | 9 to 12 | 398 | 12.8 |
| Condon K-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 518 | 8.6 |
| Conley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 148 | 7.8 |
| Curley K-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 902 | 8.1 |
| Dearborn 6-12 STEM AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 565 | 11.1 |
| Dever Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 445 | 11.7 |
| East Boston Early Education CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 176 | 11.7 |
| East Boston High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 1,252 | 11.6 |
| Edison Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 502 | 9.0 |
| Eliot K-8 Innovation SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 784 | 13.5 |
| Ellis Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 391 | 12.6 |
| Ellison-Parks Early Education SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 190 | 10.0 |
| English High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 720 | 10.3 |
| Everett Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 288 | 11.5 |
| Excel High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 301 | 7.3 |
| Fenway High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 362 | 12.1 |
| Frederick Pilot Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 215 | 6.7 |
| Gardner Pilot AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 364 | 9.6 |
| Greater Egleston High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 78 | 9.8 |
| Greenwood Sarah K-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 357 | 9.4 |
| Grew Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 198 | 10.4 |
| Guild Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 259 | 8.9 |
| Hale Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 162 | 10.8 |
| Haley Pilot SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 360 | 8.4 |
| Harvard-Kent Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 334 | 9.3 |
| Haynes Early Education CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 168 | 11.2 |
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School LowerCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 196 | 7.8 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Suffolk County
- Revere School District 7,261 students
- Chelsea School District 6,094 students
- Brooke Charter School 2,216 students
- Winthrop School District 1,961 students
- Excel Academy Charter 1,379 students
- Match Charter Public School 1,189 students
- Roxbury Preparatory Charter 1,126 students
- Boston Renaissance Charter Public 938 students
- Neighborhood House Charter 786 students
- Boston Collegiate Charter 708 students
- Boston Preparatory Charter Public 700 students
- KIPP Academy Boston Charter School 646 students
- UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester 640 students
- Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public 509 students
- Conservatory Lab Charter 454 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.