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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