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Boston Latin School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
78 Ave Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
Phone
(617) 635-8895
District
BOSTON
County
SUFFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2416
Classroom Teachers
123

* Boston Latin School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.9% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Boston Latin School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
39%
84%
41%
78%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
39%
82%
42%
79%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
98%
52%
96%
57%
99%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 380 15.7%
Grade 8 404 16.7%
Grade 9 433 17.9%
Grade 10 405 16.8%
Grade 11 422 17.5%
Grade 12 372 15.4%
Total 2416 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 44.4% 15.7% 58.3%
Black 10.2% 30.1% 9.8%
Hispanic 15.0% 44.6% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 30.2% 9.2% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 672,814 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 13,560.2 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.7% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 46.9% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.8% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 271,950 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 8.0% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.2% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 52.1% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.2% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.5% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.9% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.0% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 14.9% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,232 $818,936,864 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,827 $92,175,804 5.2%
Staff $1,800 $90,813,600 5.1%
General Administration $767 $38,696,684 2.2%
School Administration $1,119 $56,455,788 3.2%
Operation $2,036 $102,720,272 5.8%
Transportation $2,349 $118,511,748 6.7%
Other $602 $30,372,104 1.7%
Total Support $10,500 $529,746,000 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $8,223 $414,866,796 23.5%
Total Expenditures $34,955 $1,763,549,660 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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