Newton Public Schools FY27 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 FY30

SCHOOL

Angier

376

384

383

381

379

379

388

376

Bowen

360

355

325

336

327

331

331

337

Burr

368

355

350

336

333

329

318

316

Cabot

442

428

414

378

353

363

354

364

Countryside

372

360

369

368

364

376

396

421

Franklin

363

349

320

299

272

263

265

266

Horace Mann

357

360

351

342

331

327

324

325

Lincoln-Eliot

338

328

336

355

348

354

343

348

Mason-Rice

332

334

321

310

301

296

279

282

Memorial-Spaulding

397

369

342

356

356

339

337

341

Peirce

241

236

249

245

256

273

283

299

Underwood

221

242

253

251

241

245

246

243

Ward

194

212

186

202

198

201

215

205

Williams

231

215

211

198

191

204

217

241

Zervas

406

399

399

389

394

386

391

383

TOTAL ELEMENTARY

4,998 4,926 4,809 4,746 4,644 4,666 4,687 4,747

Bigelow

445

425

448

462

518

497

520

484

Brown

750

732

713

698

690

716

716

712

Day

920

868

860

830

846

814

773

733

Oak Hill

657

648

649

654

625

638

605

604

TOTAL MIDDLE

2,772 2,673 2,670 2,644 2,679 2,665 2,614 2,533

Newton North

2,110

2135 2,117 2,080 2,004 1,974 1,977 2,016

Newton South

1,837

1862 1,898 1,865 1,891 1,859 1,871 1,855

TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL

3,947 3,997 4,015 3,945 3,895 3,833 3,848 3,871

GRAND TOTAL

11,717 11,596 11,494 11,335 11,218 11,164 11,149 11,151

The Newton Public Schools K-12 enrollment was 11,335 students on October 1, 2025, a decrease of 159 students, or -1.4%, from last year. In FY26 enrollment is projected to decline -

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