Mendell Elementary School

Mendell Elementary School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in Roxbury, Massachusetts, run under Boston, caters to 309 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Boston runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 46,437 students. Mendell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mendell Elementary School records that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 26% Black, 25% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Mendell Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Mendell Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Greater Egleston High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mendell Elementary School.

Mendell Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mendell Elementary School has expanded 16%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 309 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.