There were 14,111 African American students enrolled in Suffolk County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 3.7% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Data showed that Suffolk County welcomed a total of 63,228 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, African American pupils comprised 22.3% of the total, making this group the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 137 schools in Suffolk County, TechBoston Academy recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 525 students.
Proficiency in core subjects in Massachusetts still remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, 25% of eighth-graders were not considered proficient in reading, and 32% did not reach math benchmarks. Fourth-graders performed better in reading, with 18% not reaching proficiency. However, they struggled with math, with only 68% achieving grade-level proficiency.
Ethnicities in Suffolk County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Suffolk County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
| School name | African American Students Enrolment | Total Enrollment in 2024-25 | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. C. Whelan Elementary School | 19 | 658 | 2.9% |
| Abraham Lincoln School | 25 | 600 | 4.2% |
| Adams Elementary School | 12 | 237 | 5.1% |
| Alighieri Dante Montessori School | 3 | 109 | 2.8% |
| Another Course To College | 125 | 253 | 49.4% |
| Arthur T. Cummings Elementary School | 12 | 467 | 2.6% |
| Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy | 21 | 165 | 12.7% |
| Bates Elementary School | 55 | 281 | 19.6% |
| Beachmont Veterans Memorial School | 15 | 346 | 4.3% |
| Beethoven Elementary School | 86 | 287 | 30% |
| Blackstone Elementary School | 157 | 582 | 27% |
| Boston Adult Tech Academy | 108 | 227 | 47.6% |
| Boston Arts Academy | 169 | 500 | 33.8% |
| Boston Collaborative High School | 73 | 210 | 34.8% |
| Boston Community Leadership Academy | 152 | 604 | 25.2% |
| Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy | 162 | 490 | 33.1% |
| Boston Latin Academy | 443 | 1,693 | 26.2% |
| Boston Latin School | 370 | 2,424 | 15.3% |
| Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot School | 55 | 249 | 22.1% |
| Bradley Elementary School | 21 | 292 | 7.2% |
| Brighton High School | 190 | 667 | 28.5% |
| Burke High School | 203 | 399 | 50.9% |
| Carter School | 14 | 28 | 50% |
| Channing Elementary School | 95 | 194 | 49% |
| Charlestown High School | 162 | 754 | 21.5% |
| Chelsea High School | 72 | 1,649 | 4.4% |
| Chelsea Opportunity Academy | 3 | 132 | 2.3% |
| Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy | 1 | 54 | 1.9% |
| Chittick Elementary School | 143 | 248 | 57.7% |
| CityLab Innovation High School | 1 | 117 | 0.9% |
| Clap Elementary School | 47 | 140 | 33.6% |
| Clark Avenue School | 26 | 673 | 3.9% |
| Community Academy | 27 | 58 | 46.6% |
| Community Academy of Science and Health | 247 | 398 | 62.1% |
| Condon K-8 School | 185 | 518 | 35.7% |
| Conley Elementary School | 37 | 148 | 25% |
| Curley K-8 School | 157 | 902 | 17.4% |
| Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy | 348 | 565 | 61.6% |
| Dever Elementary School | 96 | 445 | 21.6% |
| East Boston Early Education Center | 4 | 176 | 2.3% |
| East Boston High School | 62 | 1,252 | 5% |
| Edgar A. Hooks Elementary School | 21 | 430 | 4.9% |
| Edison K-8 School | 89 | 502 | 17.7% |
| Eliot K-8 Innovation School | 43 | 784 | 5.5% |
| Ellis Elementary School | 111 | 391 | 28.4% |
| Ellison-Parks Early Education School | 99 | 190 | 52.1% |
| English High School | 198 | 720 | 27.5% |
| Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy | 23 | 436 | 5.3% |
| Everett Elementary School | 118 | 288 | 41% |
| Excel High School | 111 | 301 | 36.9% |
| Fenway High School | 107 | 362 | 29.6% |
| Frank M. Sokolowski Elementary School | 16 | 472 | 3.4% |
| Frederick Pilot Middle School | 81 | 215 | 37.7% |
| Gardner Pilot Academy | 49 | 364 | 13.5% |
| Garfield Elementary School | 26 | 639 | 4.1% |
| Garfield Middle School | 15 | 542 | 2.8% |
| George F. Kelly Elementary School | 3 | 527 | 0.6% |
| Greater Egleston High School | 30 | 78 | 38.5% |
| Greenwood Sarah K-8 School | 37 | 357 | 10.4% |
| Grew Elementary School | 73 | 198 | 36.9% |
| Guild Elementary School | 12 | 259 | 4.6% |
| Hale Elementary School | 80 | 162 | 49.4% |
| Haley Pilot School | 154 | 360 | 42.8% |
| Harvard-Kent Elementary School | 49 | 334 | 14.7% |
| Haynes Early Education Center | 74 | 168 | 44% |
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower | 55 | 196 | 28.1% |
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper | 299 | 631 | 47.4% |
| Hennigan K-8 School | 128 | 472 | 27.1% |
| Hernandez K-8 School | 11 | 372 | 3% |
| Higginson Inclusion K0-2 School | 44 | 154 | 28.6% |
| Higginson-Lewis K-8 School | 77 | 213 | 36.2% |
| Holmes Elementary School | 149 | 283 | 52.7% |
| Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing | 18 | 73 | 24.7% |
| Hurley K-8 School | 20 | 335 | 6% |
| Joseph A. Browne School | 36 | 487 | 7.4% |
| Kennedy John F. Elementary School | 65 | 399 | 16.3% |
| Kennedy Patrick J. Elementary School | 8 | 279 | 2.9% |
| Kenny Elementary School | 90 | 329 | 27.4% |
| Kilmer K-8 School | 95 | 401 | 23.7% |
| King Elementary School | 230 | 464 | 49.6% |
| Lee Academy | 84 | 195 | 43.1% |
| Lee K-8 School | 263 | 551 | 47.7% |
| Lyndon K-8 School | 45 | 512 | 8.8% |
| Lyon High School | 20 | 95 | 21.1% |
| Lyon K-8 School | 30 | 143 | 21% |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School | 461 | 1,121 | 41.1% |
| Manning Elementary School | 21 | 159 | 13.2% |
| Margarita Muniz Academy | 35 | 428 | 8.2% |
| Mario Umana Academy | 19 | 634 | 3% |
| Mason Elementary School | 103 | 205 | 50.2% |
| Mather Elementary School | 167 | 473 | 35.3% |
| Mattahunt Elementary School | 410 | 581 | 70.6% |
| McKay K-8 School | 21 | 640 | 3.3% |
| McKinley Schools School | 61 | 125 | 48.8% |
| Mendell Elementary School | 80 | 309 | 25.9% |
| Mildred Avenue K-8 School | 331 | 601 | 55.1% |
| Mozart Elementary School | 39 | 155 | 25.2% |
| Murphy K-8 School | 161 | 855 | 18.8% |
| New Mission High School | 331 | 715 | 46.3% |
| O’Bryant School of Math & Science | 452 | 1,509 | 30% |
| O’Donnell Elementary School | 6 | 256 | 2.3% |
| Ohrenberger School | 183 | 477 | 38.4% |
| Orchard Gardens K-8 School | 378 | 689 | 54.9% |
| Otis Elementary School | 10 | 408 | 2.5% |
| Parlin School | 97 | 992 | 9.8% |
| Paul Revere School | 20 | 497 | 4% |
| Perkins Elementary School | 60 | 167 | 35.9% |
| Perry Elementary School | 28 | 213 | 13.1% |
| Philbrick Elementary School | 42 | 131 | 32.1% |
| Quincy Elementary School | 95 | 731 | 13% |
| Quincy Upper School | 115 | 557 | 20.6% |
| Revere High School | 97 | 2,115 | 4.6% |
| Roosevelt K-8 School | 132 | 364 | 36.3% |
| Rumney Marsh Academy | 19 | 587 | 3.2% |
| Russell Elementary School | 110 | 356 | 30.9% |
| Shaw Elementary School | 363 | 528 | 68.8% |
| Shurtleff Early Childhood School | 46 | 779 | 5.9% |
| Snowden International High School | 124 | 421 | 29.5% |
| Staff Sargent James J. Hill Elementary School | 22 | 615 | 3.6% |
| Sumner Elementary School | 92 | 576 | 16% |
| Sumner G. Whittier School | 73 | 615 | 11.9% |
| Susan B. Anthony Middle School | 15 | 545 | 2.8% |
| TechBoston Academy | 525 | 850 | 61.8% |
| Tobin K-8 School | 85 | 364 | 23.4% |
| Trotter Elementary School | 174 | 352 | 49.4% |
| Tynan Elementary School | 86 | 227 | 37.9% |
| UP Academy Holland | 294 | 641 | 45.9% |
| Warren-Prescott K-8 School | 54 | 507 | 10.7% |
| Webster School Extension | 39 | 211 | 18.5% |
| West Zone Early Learning Center | 16 | 76 | 21.1% |
| William A. Berkowitz Elementary School | 26 | 455 | 5.7% |
| William P. Gorman/Fort Banks Elementary School | 16 | 487 | 3.3% |
| Winship Elementary School | 32 | 353 | 9.1% |
| Winthrop Elementary School | 113 | 226 | 50% |
| Winthrop High School | 19 | 568 | 3.3% |
| Winthrop Middle School | 18 | 439 | 4.1% |
| Young Achievers K-8 School | 206 | 489 | 42.1% |
