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The public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

121 public schools in Suffolk County, Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Frederick Pilot Middle School leads the list at 6.7:1, against a median of 10.7:1 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

121

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Best Students/teacher

6.7:1

Median Students/teacher

10.7:1

LOWEST RATIO · SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Frederick Pilot Middle School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Middle	215	6.7:1
2	Adams Elementary School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	237	7.0:1
3	Excel High School	South Boston, MA	Boston	High	301	7.3:1
4	Curley K-8 School	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	902	8.0:1
5	Charlestown High School	Charlestown, MA	Boston	High	754	8.1:1
6	Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Combined	631	8.1:1
7	Haley Pilot School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	360	8.3:1
8	Condon K-8 School	South Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	518	8.6:1
9	Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	249	8.7:1
10	Tynan Elementary School	South Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	227	8.7:1
11	Guild Elementary School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	259	8.8:1
12	Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	490	8.8:1
13	Edison Elementary School	Brighton, MA	Boston	Elementary	502	8.8:1
14	Susan B. Anthony Middle School	Revere, MA	Revere	Middle	545	8.9:1
15	Joseph A. Browne School	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Middle	487	9.0:1
16	Taylor Elementary School	Mattapan, MA	Boston	Elementary	343	9.0:1
17	Brighton High School	Brighton, MA	Boston	High	667	9.1:1
18	Harvard-Kent Elementary School	Charlestown, MA	Boston	Elementary	334	9.1:1
19	Margarita Muniz Academy	Boston, MA	Boston	High	428	9.1:1
20	Beachmont Veterans Memorial School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	346	9.1:1
21	Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School	Hyde Park, MA	Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public	High	509	9.2:1
22	Winthrop Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	226	9.2:1
23	Higginson-Lewis K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Middle	213	9.2:1
24	Lee K-8 School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	551	9.3:1
25	Greenwood Sarah K-8 School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	357	9.3:1
26	Chittick Elementary School	Mattapan, MA	Boston	Elementary	248	9.4:1
27	Shaw-Taylor Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	528	9.4:1
28	Holmes Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	283	9.4:1
29	Hennigan K-8 School	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	472	9.4:1
30	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	High	1,121	9.4:1
31	Mason Elementary School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	205	9.5:1
32	Gardner Pilot Academy	Allston, MA	Boston	Elementary	364	9.5:1
33	McKay K-8 School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	640	9.5:1
34	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann	Boston, MA	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann	High	383	9.6:1
35	Ruth Batson Academy	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	604	9.6:1
36	Tobin K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	364	9.6:1
37	Boston Arts Academy	Boston, MA	Boston	High	500	9.6:1
38	Blackstone Elementary School	Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	582	9.7:1
39	Boston Collegiate Charter School	Dorchester, MA	Boston Collegiate Charter	High	708	9.7:1
40	Albert D Holland School of Technology	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	399	9.8:1
41	Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Middle	436	9.8:1
42	Garfield Elementary School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	639	9.8:1
43	King Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	464	9.9:1
44	Kilmer K-8 School	West Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	401	10.0:1
45	Mario Umana Academy	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	634	10.1:1
46	English High School	Boston, MA	Boston	High	720	10.2:1
47	Boston Collaborative High School	South Boston, MA	Boston	High	210	10.2:1
48	Bates Elementary School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	281	10.2:1
49	Staff Sargent James J. Hill Elementary School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	615	10.2:1
50	Orchard Gardens K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	689	10.2:1

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