Newton Public Schools FY26 Digital Budget Book

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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