Lee K-8 School

Lee K-8 School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Dorchester, Massachusetts, overseen by Boston, teacheing 551 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

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

Demographically, Lee K-8 School reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lee K-8 School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Lee K-8 School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

Greenwood Sarah K-8 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Lee K-8 School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Lee K-8 School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 661 (now 551). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 28% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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