Suffolk County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2023-24 school year?

Boston Latin School had the highest enrollment among Suffolk County schools, welcoming 2,401 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.1% of them were girls, 46.5% were boys, and 0.4% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among Boston Latin School students was white, accounting for 35.5% of the student population.

Among the 160 schools in Suffolk County, Brooke Charter School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,208 students, while Revere High School welcomed 2,098 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Boston Latin School is part of Boston Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Suffolk County and has a main office in Roxbury.

In the previous school year, Boston Latin School also had the highest number of students among Suffolk County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state’s student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates (4.4%) in the 2022-23 school year, while also recording the lowest graduation rates (78.9%) in Massachusetts in 2023.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.