Public schools in Framingham, MA

Framingham has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 10,304 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Framingham runs 14 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Framingham's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FraminghamDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Framingham149,469$23,833
Keefe Regional Technical School1842$30,911
Christa McAuliffe Charter School1329$27,106

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Framingham, 3,430 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Framingham High School2,53412.7All free (CEP)Framingham
Joseph P Keefe Technical High School8969.9All free (CEP)Keefe Regional Technical School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Framingham, 2,253 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Walsh Middle78510.7All free (CEP)Framingham
Fuller Middle5928.6All free (CEP)Framingham
Cameron Middle School59211.0All free (CEP)Framingham
Christa McAuliffe Charter School2849.8All free (CEP)Christa McAuliffe Charter School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Framingham, 4,376 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Barbieri Elementary67113.2All free (CEP)Framingham
Potter Road54012.8All free (CEP)Framingham
Hemenway53813.4All free (CEP)Framingham
Brophy50412.0All free (CEP)Framingham
Miriam F McCarthy School49010.8All free (CEP)Framingham
Harmony Grove Elementary45311.0All free (CEP)Framingham
Charlotte A Dunning43612.5All free (CEP)Framingham
King Elementary School38511.1All free (CEP)Framingham
Mary E Stapleton Elementary35910.0All free (CEP)Framingham

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Framingham, 245 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Juniper Hill School24510.4All free (CEP)Framingham

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Framingham's public schools compare with Massachusetts's

The median Framingham school has 11.0 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Massachusetts median of 11.8. 50% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 44% across the state. Its median school enrolls 521 students (state 417).

Framingham against Massachusetts, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FraminghamMassachusetts
Median students per teacher11.011.8
Median school size (students)521417
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)50%44%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%63%
Charter schools6.3%4.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Framingham schools and the 1,793 Massachusetts schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Framingham

  1. FraminghamRuns 14 of Framingham's 16 public schools and spent $23,833 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,833
  2. Framingham High School, the largest high school in Framingham2,534 students in 2024-25, 12.7 per teacher.2,534
  3. Compare Framingham with Keefe Regional Technical SchoolFramingham's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MassachusettsMassachusetts's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Framingham addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Massachusetts

  1. Springfield71 schools
  2. Worcester48 schools
  3. Dorchester29 schools
  4. Lawrence29 schools
  5. Lowell29 schools
  6. Lynn28 schools
  7. New Bedford27 schools
  8. Brockton24 schools

Questions about schools in Framingham

  1. How many public schools are in Framingham, MA?
    16 public schools with an address in Framingham were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 10,304 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Framingham?
    Framingham High School, with 2,534 students in 2024-25 (Framingham).
  3. Which districts run Framingham's schools?
    Framingham (14 schools), Keefe Regional Technical School (1 school), Christa McAuliffe Charter School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .