Perry Elementary School

Perry Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary campus in South Boston, Massachusetts, operated by Boston, serves 213 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 381.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Perry Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 46% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that median household income runs about $95,631, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Perry Elementary School is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tynan Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perry Elementary School.

Perry Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 21% to 14% across the same window.

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