Warren-Prescott K-8 School

Warren-Prescott K-8 School operates as a moderately sized primary school in Charlestown, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Boston. Current enrollment sits at 507 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Boston comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 46,437 students; Warren-Prescott K-8 School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Warren-Prescott K-8 School lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

On the resource side, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Warren-Prescott K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 602 students in 2018 compared to 507 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 51% to 60%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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