Channing Elementary School

Channing Elementary School operates as a cozy primary school in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, part of Boston. Current enrollment sits at 194 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Across the 109 schools in Boston (46,437 students total), Channing Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Channing Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 40% Hispanic, 8% White. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the broader community, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Channing Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Channing Elementary School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 216 students in 2018 compared to 194 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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