Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSTON·NCES 250279002687
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot
25 Walk Hill Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 · (617) 635-7717 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -8.0pp since 2016
Math
21.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -17.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
249
-38 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 12.9:1
% White
25%
was 31%
% Hispanic
41%
was 38%
% Black
22%
was 25%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is a small K-5 school in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Boston. The school instructs 249 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.
Boston runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 46,437 students. Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 22% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
Around the school, Suffolk County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,631, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is one campus in the mix.
Philbrick Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot.
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 249). Over the same period, the White share declined from 31% to 25%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
785,121
Census ACS
Median income
$95,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
157
75,679 students
Quick facts
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- Boston Latin AcademyHigh · 1,693 students
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- Curley K-8 SchoolElementary · 902 students
Other schools in Jamaica Plain
- Curley K-8 SchoolElementary · 902 students
- Hennigan K-8 SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Kennedy John F Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- Manning Elementary SchoolElementary · 159 students
- West Zone Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
- Community AcademyHigh · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Philbrick Elementary School0.6 mi · 131
- Haley Pilot School0.7 mi · 360
- Sumner Elementary School0.8 mi · 576
- English High School0.9 mi · 720
- Margarita Muniz Academy0.9 mi · 428
- Manning Elementary School1.1 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Boston Teachers Union K-8 PilotHow many students attend Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot?
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-08.
Is Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is approximately 8.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot?
Student demographics at Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot are roughly 25% White, 41% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot in?
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot is part of Boston.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.