Boston Public Schools
Listed by NCES as Boston (district ID 2502790)
Public school district · Suffolk County · Massachusetts · NCES district ID 2502790
Boston Public Schools spent $36,906 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of the 243 Massachusetts districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $21,173). Its 108 schools enrolled 46,094 students in 2024-25; 26.2% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $39,929 per student, up 8.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 81% (Massachusetts: 89.2%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among Massachusetts's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Boston Public Schools ranks 1.
Where the money came from
$1,749,232,000 in revenue: 26.2% state, 67.6% local and 6.2% federal. Total spending including $28,030,000 of capital outlay was $2,093,786,000, or $45,157 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$458,342,000 26%
- Local$1,181,614,000 68%
- Federal$109,276,000 6%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 243 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25
46,001 students in 2022-23, 45,742 students in 2023-24, 46,094 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 46,001 | 4311.6 | 10.7 |
| 2023-24 | 45,742 | 4384.5 | 10.4 |
| 2024-25 | 46,094 | 4365.7 | 10.6 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$522,819,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $11,276 per student
Boston Public Schools booked $522,819,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 4,312 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $121,260 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 99 in 100 Massachusetts districts with a figure (state median $83,840, 276 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Massachusetts teacher salary at $88,903 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $392,010,000 | 75.0% |
| Special education | $126,299,000 | 24.2% |
| Vocational | $4,510,000 | 0.9% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $8,223 in 2018-19, $8,674 in 2019-20, $9,630 in 2020-21, $10,123 in 2021-22, $11,276 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in Boston Public Schools scored proficient or above: 31% in reading and 27% in math, against 43.7% in reading and 40.7% in math across Massachusetts. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Massachusetts, not across states.
| Subject | This district | Massachusetts | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 31% | 43.7% | 22,596 |
| Math | 27% | 40.7% | 22,712 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
81% of the 3,767 students in Boston Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.2% across Massachusetts. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | Massachusetts | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 81% | 89.2% |
| Students in the class | 3,767 | 72,602 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
74 elementary schools, 26,681 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curley K-8 School | 902 | 8.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Murphy K-8 School | 855 | 12.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Eliot K-8 Innovation School | 784 | 13.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Quincy Elementary School | 731 | 12.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Orchard Gardens K-8 School | 689 | 10.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| UP Academy Holland | 641 | 14.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| McKay K-8 School | 640 | 9.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mario Umana Academy | 634 | 10.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mildred Avenue K-8 School | 601 | 10.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Blackstone Elementary School | 582 | 9.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mattahunt Elementary School | 581 | 11.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Sumner Elementary School | 576 | 11.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
The other 62 elementary schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee K-8 School | 551 | 9.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Shaw Elementary School | 528 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Condon K-8 School | 518 | 8.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Lyndon K-8 School | 512 | 12.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Warren-Prescott K-8 School | 507 | 11.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Edison K-8 School | 502 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Young Achievers K-8 School | 489 | 10.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mather Elementary School | 473 | 10.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Hennigan K-8 School | 472 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| King Elementary School | 464 | 9.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Dever Elementary School | 445 | 11.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Otis Elementary School | 408 | 13.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Kilmer K-8 School | 401 | 10.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Kennedy John F Elementary School | 399 | 13.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Ellis Elementary School | 391 | 12.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Hernandez K-8 School | 372 | 13.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Roosevelt K-8 School | 364 | 10.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Tobin K-8 School | 364 | 9.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Gardner Pilot Academy | 364 | 9.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Haley Pilot School | 360 | 8.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Greenwood Sarah K-8 School | 357 | 9.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Russell Elementary School | 356 | 11.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Winship Elementary School | 353 | 13.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Trotter Elementary School | 352 | 10.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Hurley K-8 School | 335 | 12.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Harvard-Kent Elementary School | 334 | 9.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Kenny Elementary School | 329 | 10.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mendell Elementary School | 309 | 10.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Bradley Elementary School | 292 | 10.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Everett Elementary School | 288 | 11.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Beethoven Elementary School | 287 | 11.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Holmes Elementary School | 283 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Bates Elementary School | 281 | 10.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School | 279 | 10.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Guild Elementary School | 259 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| O'Donnell Elementary School | 256 | 10.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot | 249 | 8.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Chittick Elementary School | 248 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Adams Elementary School | 237 | 7.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Tynan Elementary School | 227 | 8.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Winthrop Elementary School | 226 | 9.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Perry Elementary School | 213 | 10.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mason Elementary School | 205 | 9.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Grew Elementary School | 198 | 9.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower | 196 | 7.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Lee Academy | 195 | 11.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Channing Elementary School | 194 | 9.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| EllisonParks Early Education School | 190 | 9.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| East Boston Early Education Center | 176 | 11.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Haynes Early Education Center | 168 | 11.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Perkins Elementary School | 167 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy | 165 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Hale Elementary School | 162 | 10.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Manning Elementary School | 159 | 10.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Mozart Elementary School | 155 | 10.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Higginson Inclusion K-2 School | 154 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Conley Elementary School | 148 | 7.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Lyon K-8 School | 143 | 6.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Clap Elementary School | 140 | 9.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Philbrick Elementary School | 131 | 9.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Alighieri Dante Montessori School | 109 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| West Zone Early Learning Center | 76 | 7.2 | not reported | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
3 middle schools, 905 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohrenberger School | 477 | 11.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Frederick Pilot Middle School | 215 | 6.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Higginson-Lewis K-8 School | 213 | 9.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
28 high schools, 17,679 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Latin School | 2,424 | 18.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Latin Academy | 1,693 | 17.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| O'Bryant School of Math & Science | 1,509 | 15.2 | not reported | Schoolwide program |
| East Boston High School | 1,252 | 11.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School | 1,121 | 9.4 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| TechBoston Academy | 850 | 12.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Charlestown High School | 754 | 8.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| English High School | 720 | 10.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| New Mission High School | 715 | 11.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Brighton High School | 667 | 9.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Community Leadership Academy | 604 | 9.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy | 565 | 10.9 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
The other 16 high schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Upper School | 557 | 12.0 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Arts Academy | 500 | 9.6 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy | 490 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Margarita Muniz Academy | 428 | 9.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Snowden International High School | 421 | 11.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Burke High School | 399 | 9.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Community Academy of Science and Health | 398 | 12.6 | not reported | Schoolwide program |
| Fenway High School | 362 | 11.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Excel High School | 301 | 7.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Another Course To College | 253 | 11.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Adult Tech Academy | 227 | 10.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Boston Collaborative High School | 210 | 10.2 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Lyon High School | 95 | 6.7 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Greater Egleston High School | 78 | 8.8 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Community Academy | 58 | 5.5 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Carter School | 28 | 28.0 | not reported | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
3 other schools, 829 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper | 631 | 8.1 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| McKinley Schools | 125 | 3.3 | All free (CEP) | Schoolwide program |
| Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing | 73 | 2.0 | not reported | Schoolwide program |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
One more school on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory
These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.
Taylor Elementary School
School in Mattapan; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 358 students; 9.0 students per teacher.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.
Contact Boston Public Schools
- Website: bostonpublicschools.org
- Phone: (617) 635-9050
- Office: 2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about Boston Public Schools
- Massachusetts districts by spending per studentBoston Public Schools ranks 2 of 243 Massachusetts districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($36,906).#2 of 243
- Every school district in MassachusettsBoston Public Schools is the largest of 397 Massachusetts districts, with 46,367 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#1 of 397
- WorcesterThe next smaller Massachusetts district: 24,707 students in fall 2022, $22,198 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,198
- Compare Boston Public Schools with WorcesterEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Boston Latin School, its largest high school2,424 students in 2024-25, 18.7 per teacher.2,424
- Teacher salary spending across MassachusettsBoston Public Schools spent $121,260 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $83,840); spending, not a salary.$121,260
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about Boston Public Schools
How many schools and students are in Boston Public Schools?
108 schools were open in 2024-25 (74 elementary, 3 middle, 28 high, 3 other), enrolling 46,094 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does Boston Public Schools spend per student?
$36,906 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Massachusetts median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $21,173 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $39,929 per student, up 8.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does Boston Public Schools' money come from?
$1,749,232,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 26.2% state, 67.6% local and 6.2% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in Boston Public Schools live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 15,055 of the 69,616 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 21.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does Boston Public Schools spend on teacher salaries?
$522,819,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $11,276 per student. Divided by the 4,312 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $121,260 per teacher, more than 99 in 100 Massachusetts districts (state median $83,840). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Massachusetts teacher salary at $88,903 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in Boston Public Schools do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in Boston Public Schools scored proficient or above: 31% in reading and 27% in math, against 43.7% in reading and 40.7% in math across Massachusetts. Massachusetts's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in Boston Public Schools?
81% of the 3,767 students in Boston Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.2% across Massachusetts. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is Boston Public Schools' NCES district ID?
2502790. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25