Neighborhood House Charter School

Neighborhood House Charter School is one of the mid-tier all-grades campuss in Dorchester, Massachusetts, run under Neighborhood House Charter, with 786 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12.

Operationally, Neighborhood House Charter School answers to Neighborhood House Charter, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Neighborhood House Charter School reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, census data for Suffolk County shows median household income runs about $95,631, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Neighborhood House Charter School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

The closest other public school is Murphy K-8 School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Neighborhood House Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 47%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 17% to 32%.

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