Grew Elementary School
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 9 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Grew Elementary School
Grew Elementary School is a cozy elementary school in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, overseen by Boston. The school serves 198 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Grew Elementary School sits 48% below that benchmark.
Boston comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 46,437 students; Grew Elementary School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Grew Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 37% Black, 11% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Grew Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $95,631, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Grew Elementary School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).
Nearest neighbor: Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Grew Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 198). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 41% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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