Curley K-8 School

Curley K-8 School operates as a heavily attended elementary-level community in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Boston. Current enrollment sits at 902 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 137% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Boston, which oversees 109 schools and 46,437 students, Curley K-8 School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Curley K-8 School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 18% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, On paper, Curley K-8 School has 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Curley K-8 School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household earnings sit near $95,631, 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), Curley K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

Kennedy John F Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 944 students in 2018 compared to 902 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 51% to 39%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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