Mather Elementary School

Located at 24 Parish Street, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Mather Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 473 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Boston. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Mather Elementary School sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

Mather Elementary School is one of 109 schools operated by Boston, a district that serves 46,437 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mather Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 33% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mather Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put median household income runs about $95,631, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Mather Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Everett Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mather Elementary School has shrank 22%, going from 608 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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