Conservatory Lab Charter School

Conservatory Lab Charter School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Dorchester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Conservatory Lab Charter, educates 454 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Conservatory Lab Charter School sits inside Conservatory Lab Charter, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Conservatory Lab Charter School logs that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 41% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Conservatory Lab Charter School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

The closest other public school is Frederick Pilot Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Conservatory Lab Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Conservatory Lab Charter School has changed only slightly, going from 450 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 9% to 4%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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