NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in South Boston, MA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

7 public K-12 schools in South Boston from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

1,849

Students

38.9/100

Avg Resource Index

9.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Boston has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Boston is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of South Boston's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

South Boston's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 41st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 99th percentile. The 58-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 90%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 41st percentile
Teacher staffing: 99th percentile

Condon K-8 School accounts for 28.0% of all South Boston public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means South Boston-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

South Boston school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities

South Boston school enrollment ranges from 167 students (lowest) to 518 students (highest), a spread of 351 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

South Boston student-teacher ratio is 9.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of South Boston's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Excel High School	56	301	high	Boston
2.	Condon K-8 School	46	518	Combined	Boston
3.	Up Academy Charter School of Boston	36	213	middle	Up Academy Charter School of Boston (District)
4.	Boston Collaborative High School	36	210	high	Boston
5.	Perry Elementary School	34	213	Combined	Boston
6.	Perkins Elementary School	33	167	Combined	Boston
7.	Tynan Elementary School	31	227	Combined	Boston

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Boston

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which South Boston school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Excel High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Boston schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Boston, MA? ▼

South Boston has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,849 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.