Boston, MA
Boston, MA schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
3 bd $3,976/mo in Boston. Massachusetts charges a 5.00% flat income tax.
- Public-school students
- 629,482
- NCES 2024-2025
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 11.8
- 53,173 teachers
- Districts / schools
- 253 / 1196
- Public districts and schools
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Usual for this household: studio.
- Childcare
- $0
- No kids under 5
- Left over each month
- $1,967
- After tax and rent
- Bachelor's or higher
- 51.2%
- Adults 25+. ACS 2023.
Largest public school districts
12 largest in Boston.
- Boston
Roxbury
- Students
- 46,094
- Schools
- 108
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.6
- Lynn
Lynn
- Students
- 16,364
- Schools
- 27
- Pupil–teacher
- 12
- Brockton
Brockton
- Students
- 15,280
- Schools
- 24
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.6
- Lowell
Lowell
- Students
- 14,457
- Schools
- 27
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.6
- Lawrence
Lawrence
- Students
- 13,313
- Schools
- 26
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.5
- Newton
Newtonville
- Students
- 11,632
- Schools
- 22
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.5
- Quincy
Quincy
- Students
- 9,769
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.1
- Framingham
Framingham
- Students
- 9,124
- Schools
- 14
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.6
- Haverhill
Haverhill
- Students
- 7,940
- Schools
- 16
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.9
- Everett
Everett
- Students
- 7,307
- Schools
- 10
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.7
- Revere
Revere
- Students
- 7,261
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 11
- Cambridge
Cambridge
- Students
- 7,027
- Schools
- 17
- Pupil–teacher
- 9.4
NCES 2024–25.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 729
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 201
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 235
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 28
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
1,193 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Boston metro sits
Roughly the core of the Boston, MA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids (1 under 5), 3 bd. -$1,585/mo left. Childcare $1,334. Boston paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Boston
- Boston → Austin · $1,215 more
- Boston → Dallas · $1,083 more
- Boston → Denver · $689 more
- Boston → Raleigh · $786 more
- Boston → San Francisco · $396 more
- Boston → New York · $718 less
- Boston → Reno · $331 more
- Boston → Los Angeles · $262 less
- Boston → Chicago · $460 more
- Boston → Houston · $1,204 more
- Boston → Washington · $946 more
- Boston → Atlanta · $530 more
- Boston → Philadelphia · $472 more
- Boston → Miami · $269 less
- Boston → Phoenix · $610 more
- Boston → Riverside · $568 less
Take-home by job in Boston
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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