Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School

Set in Boston, Massachusetts, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School is a compact elementary-level community, overseen by Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School. It caters to 293 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Operationally, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School answers to Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,631, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School is one.

Mason Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School.

The school occupies an urban site. Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School has increased 3%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 62% to 56%.

On the community side, the feed for Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.