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Boston Public Schools

Contact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.

About this district

Boston Public Schools is a public school district in Massachusetts. They serve 54,300 students across 135 schools, and its teachers have had 20,710 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 135
    Schools
  • 54,300
    Students
  • 4,179
    Teachers

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Boston Public Schools Demographics

88%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
82%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Boston Public Schools Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Boston Public Schools had a total revenue of $1.6 billion in the 2016-17 school year. 71.0% came from local sources, 23.9% from state sources, and 5.1% from federal sources.

Boston Public Schools had a per-pupil revenue of $29,682 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 71.0% came from local sources, 23.9% from state sources, and 5.1% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Boston Public Schools Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Nov 21, 2024

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Boston Public Schools

$13.8 million
raised using DonorsChoose
20,710
projects funded
4,363
teachers funded
52,649
donors
1,784
projects for basic supplies
3,429
projects for technology
2,876
projects for books
926
projects for art supplies

Boston Public Schools has received support from 32,264 individuals from Massachusetts and 20,385 individuals out-of-state.

Boston Public Schools Schools

ABCD University High School Another Course to College Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy Boston Adult & Technical Academy Boston Arts Academy Boston Collaborative High School Boston Collegiate Charter - Lower School Boston Community Leadership Academy Boston Day & Evening Academy Boston Green Academy Boston International High School Boston Latin Academy Boston Latin School Boston Public Schools Adult Learning Center Boston Teachers Union School BPS-Home and Hospital Instruction Brighton High School The Carter School Charles H Taylor Elementary School Charles Sumner Elementary School - Upper Campus Charles Sumner Elementary School - Lower Campus Charlestown High School Chittick Elementary School Community Academy of Science & Health Community Academy Counseling Intervention Center Curley K-8 School (Lower) Curley K-8 School Curtis Guild Elementary School Dante Alighieri Montessori School David A Ellis Elementary School Dennis Haley Pilot School Dudley St Neighborhood Charter School East Boston Early Education Center East Boston High School Edison K-8 School Edward Everett Elementary School Eliot K-8 Innovation School - Intermediate Campus Eliot K-8 Innovation School - Upper Campus John Eliot K-8 Innovation School Ellis Mendell Elementary School Ellison - Parks Early Education School English High School Excel High School Fenway High School Franklin Roosevelt K-8 School Franklin Roosevelt K-8 School - Lower Gardner Pilot Academy George H Conley Elementary School Greater Egleston Community High School Harvard - Kent Elementary School Rev Dr Haynes Early Education Center Edward M. Kennedy Academy - Hlth Henderson Inclusion School - Upper Dearborn STEM Academy Henry Grew Elementary School Higginson - Lewis School Higginson K-2 Elementary School Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hugh R O'Donnell Elementary School Joseph Hurley K-8 School James Chittick Elementary School James F Condon K8 School James W Hennigan K-8 School James Otis Elementary School Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology John D Philbrick Elementary School John F Kennedy Elementary School Ruth Batson Academy Grades 7-11 Up Academy Holland John Winthrop Elementary School Joseph Lee K-8 School Joseph Manning Elementary School Joseph Tynan Elementary School Josiah Quincy Elementary School Josiah Quincy Upper School (6-7) Josiah Quincy Upper School Kennedy Health Career Academy - Gr 9-10 Joyce Kilmer K-8 School Kilmer K-8 Upper School Lee Academy Pilot School Lilla G Frederick Pilot Middle School Ludwig Beethoven Elementary School Winship Elementary School Patrick Lyndon K-8 School Mary Lyon K-8 School Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Manassah Bradley Elementary School Margarita Muniz Academy Martin Luther King Junior K-8 School Mary Lyon Pilot High School Mather Elementary School Mattahunt Elementary School Donald McKay K-8 School Melvin H. King Middle School McKinley School Melvin H. King High School Melvin H. King South End Academy Michael Perkins Elementary School Mildred Avenue K-8 School Mission Hill K-8 School Richard Murphy K-8 School Nathan Hale Elementary School New Mission High School Boston International Newcomers Academy John D O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science Oliver H Perry K-8 School Oliver Holmes Elementary School Orchard Gardens K-8 School Patrick J Kennedy Elementary School Henderson K-12 Inclusion School - Lower Paul Dever Elementary School Pauline A Shaw Elementary School Phineas Bates Elementary School Rafael Hernandez K-8 School Roger Clap Innovation School Samuel Adams Elementary School Samuel Mason Elementary School Sarah Greenwood K-8 School Snowden International School at Copley Techboston Academy Thomas J Kenny Elementary School Maurice Tobin K-8 School Mario Umana Academy Up Academy Dorchester Up Academy Boston Warren-Prescott K-8 School West Zone Early Learning Center Blackstone Innovation School William Channing Elementary School William E Russell Elementary School William Trotter K-6 School William Ohrenberger Elementary School Wolfgang A Mozart Elementary School Young Achievers K-8 School
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