Student Enrollment Trend & Forecasts Newton Public Schools reports student enrollment and demographic data to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) three times a year: October 1, March 1, and Year End. The October 1 numbers are used to determine staffing for the budget on an annual basis.
The figure below reflects Kindergarten through Grade 12 enrollments.
ACTUAL PROJECTION FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29
SCHOOL
Angier
376
384
383
378
387
387
397
Bowen
360
355
325
319
316
314
316
Burr
368
355
350
343
345
346
339
Cabot
442
428
414
399
384
391
382
Countryside
372
360
369
372
366
384
401
Franklin
363
349
320
305
279
270
274
Horace Mann
357
360
351
335
324
316
322
Lincoln-Eliot
338
328
336
354
357
366
356
Mason-Rice
332
334
321
316
306
302
283
Memorial-Spaulding
397
369
342
347
338
315
309
Peirce
241
236
249
258
275
299
313
Underwood
221
242
253
263
260
271
274
Ward
194
212
186
187
187
193
207
Williams
231
215
211
202
196
204
207
Zervas
406
399
399
389
393
386
389
TOTAL ELEMENTARY
4,998 4,926 4,809 4,767 4,713 4,744 4,769
Bigelow
445
425
448
473
529
508
522
Brown
750
732
713
696
685
703
709
Day
920
868
860
848
859
832
789
Oak Hill
657
648
649
628
591
604
576
TOTAL MIDDLE
2,772 2,673 2,670 2,645 2,664 2,647 2,596
Newton North
2,110 2,135 2,117 2,071 2,001 1,976 1,989
Newton South
1,837 1,862 1,898 1,913 1,929 1,868 1,853
TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL
3,947 3,997 4,015 3,984 3,930 3,844 3,842
GRAND TOTAL
11,717 11,596 11,494 11,396 11,307 11,235 11,207
The Newton Public Schools K-12 enrollment was 11,494 students on October 1, 2024, a decrease of 102 students, or -0.9%, from last year. In FY26 enrollment is projected to decline - 0.6% (-74 students) from last year for a projected enrollment of 11,396. This is the seventh year
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