Harvard-Kent Elementary School

Located at 50 Bunker Hill Street, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Harvard-Kent Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that serves 334 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Boston.

Harvard-Kent Elementary School is one of 109 schools operated by Boston, a district that hosts 46,437 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Harvard-Kent Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Harvard-Kent Elementary School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Suffolk County reports that median household income runs about $95,631, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Harvard-Kent Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charlestown High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Harvard-Kent Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 334). White enrollment moved from 13% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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