Sumner Elementary School

Sumner Elementary School is a large elementary school in Roslindale, Massachusetts, overseen by Boston. The school enrolls 576 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 381.

Within Boston, which oversees 109 schools and 46,437 students, Sumner Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sumner Elementary School lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 27% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) records that 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%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Sumner Elementary School is one.

Philbrick Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sumner Elementary School.

Sumner Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sumner Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 581 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 14% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.