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 EnrollmentStudent: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.