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Snowden International High School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Snowden International High School
Located at 150 Newbury Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, Snowden International High School is a cozy four-year high school that caters to 421 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Boston. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Snowden International High School sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.
Snowden International High School is one of 109 schools operated by Boston, a district that teaches 46,437 students overall.
Demographically, Snowden International High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest consists of 29% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Snowden International High School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Snowden International High School tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Snowden International High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Melvin H. King South End Academy, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 421 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 50% to 57%. Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.
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