O'Donnell Elementary School

O'Donnell Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in East Boston, Massachusetts, part of Boston, with 256 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so O'Donnell Elementary School sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Boston comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 46,437 students; O'Donnell Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, O'Donnell Elementary School shows that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 6% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. O'Donnell Elementary School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

The closest other public school is Mario Umana Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

O'Donnell Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O'Donnell Elementary School has edged up 4%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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