Massachusetts · NCES CCD 2024-25
Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Massachusetts
The 50 public schools in Massachusetts with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a staffing-intensity measure computed from NCES staffing data (not a direct class-size figure).
- 4:1
- Best ratio
- 12.3:1
- State average
- 15.7:1
- National average
- 50
- Schools listed
The ranking in one line
Center runs Massachusetts's smallest classes at 4:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 12.3:1.
- 4:1
- smallest classes (Center)
- 50
- listed schools below the state average
- 12.3:1
- Massachusetts average
- 15.7:1
- national average
| # | School | Enrollment | Student:Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Center Peabody | 123 | 4:1 |
| 2 | Frederick Pilot Middle School Dorchester | 215 | 5.2:1 |
| 3 | Smith Academy Hatfield | 109 | 5.5:1 |
| 4 | Up Academy Charter School of Boston South Boston | 213 | 5.8:1 |
| 5 | Bromfield Harvard | 328 | 6:1 |
| 6 | Erving Elementary Erving | 113 | 6.3:1 |
| 7 | Joseph Metcalf School Holyoke | 213 | 6.5:1 |
| 8 | Brockton Champion High School Brockton | 138 | 6.6:1 |
| 9 | Amesbury Middle Amesbury | 364 | 6.7:1 |
| 10 | Hopkins Academy Hadley | 203 | 6.8:1 |
| 11 | Lyon K-8 School Brighton | 143 | 6.8:1 |
| 12 | High School of Commerce Springfield | 966 | 6.9:1 |
| 13 | Palmer High Palmer | 416 | 6.9:1 |
| 14 | Baystate Academy Charter Public School Springfield | 388 | 6.9:1 |
| 15 | Kennedy-Longfellow Cambridge | 215 | 6.9:1 |
| 16 | Provincetown Schools Provincetown | 152 | 6.9:1 |
| 17 | Mittineague West Springfield | 110 | 6.9:1 |
| 18 | Codman Academy Charter Public School Dorchester | 344 | 7:1 |
| 19 | Mt Everett Regional Sheffield | 278 | 7:1 |
| 20 | Vassal Lane Upper School Cambridge | 298 | 7.1:1 |
| 21 | Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School Boston | 114 | 7.1:1 |
| 22 | Rockport Middle Rockport | 195 | 7.2:1 |
| 23 | Fletcher/Maynard Academy Cambridge | 249 | 7.3:1 |
| 24 | Kiley Academy Springfield | 268 | 7.4:1 |
| 25 | New Hingham Regional Elementary Chesterfield | 126 | 7.4:1 |
| 26 | Shutesbury Elementary Shutesbury | 125 | 7.4:1 |
| 27 | Anne T. Dunphy School Williamsburg | 111 | 7.4:1 |
| 28 | Emily G Wetherbee Lawrence | 480 | 7.5:1 |
| 29 | Webster School Everett | 351 | 7.5:1 |
| 30 | West Tisbury Elementary West Tisbury | 321 | 7.5:1 |
| 31 | Mary M Walsh Springfield | 232 | 7.5:1 |
| 32 | Orleans Elementary Orleans | 149 | 7.5:1 |
| 33 | Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper Dorchester | 631 | 7.6:1 |
| 34 | Sunderland Elementary Sunderland | 174 | 7.6:1 |
| 35 | Stearns Pittsfield | 224 | 7.7:1 |
| 36 | Condon K-8 School South Boston | 518 | 7.8:1 |
| 37 | John T Reid Middle Pittsfield | 407 | 7.8:1 |
| 38 | South Middle School Brockton | 398 | 7.8:1 |
| 39 | Rockport Elementary Rockport | 264 | 7.8:1 |
| 40 | Community Charter School of Cambridge Cambridge | 251 | 7.8:1 |
| 41 | Carlos Pacheco New Bedford | 242 | 7.8:1 |
| 42 | Excel High School South Boston | 301 | 7.9:1 |
| 43 | Putnam Avenue Upper School Cambridge | 283 | 7.9:1 |
| 44 | Edison K-8 School Brighton | 502 | 8:1 |
| 45 | Amherst Regional Middle School Amherst | 366 | 8:1 |
| 46 | Perkins Elementary School South Boston | 167 | 8:1 |
| 47 | Edgartown Elementary Edgartown | 357 | 8.1:1 |
| 48 | Sizer School: a North Central Charter Essential School Fitchburg | 282 | 8.1:1 |
| 49 | Douglas High School Douglas | 267 | 8.1:1 |
| 50 | Resiliency Preparatory Academy Fall River | 171 | 8.1:1 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year.
Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.