Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School

Located at 160 Harrishof Street, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School is a close-knit primary school that teaches 154 students (grades pre-K through 2), overseen by Boston. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 109 schools in Boston (46,437 students total), Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder looks like 29% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Suffolk County reports that median household income runs about $95,631, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ellis Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School has fell 10%, going from 171 students in 2018 to 154 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 37% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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