Quincy Upper School

Quincy Upper School is a 9-12 campus of intimate scale in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Boston, instructing 557 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Quincy Upper School is one of 109 schools operated by Boston, a district that instructs 46,437 students overall.

On demographics, Quincy Upper School reports that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Quincy Upper School is one.

The closest other public school is Quincy Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quincy Upper School has increased 10%, going from 507 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 43% over that span.

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