Newton Early Childhood Program (Preschool) 383 Angier Elementary 325 Bowen Elementary 350 Burr Elementary 414 Cabot Elementary 369 Countryside Elementary 320 Franklin Elementary 351 Horace Mann Elementary 336 Lincoln-Eliot Elementary 321 Mason-Rice Elementary 342 Pierce Elementary 249 Underwood Elementary 253 Ward Elementary 186 Williams Elementary 211 Zervas Elementary 399 Bigelow Middle School 448 Brown Middle School 713 Day Middle School 860 Oak Hill Middle School 649 Newton North High School 2117 Newton South High School 1898 Subtotal Enrollment 11,494 Alternative High School Out of District Placements 109 Total Newton Public Schools Enrollment 11,603
In 1966, as one of the seven founding districts, Newton Public Schools joined the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program. This is a state-funded educational program designed to eliminate racial imbalance through the busing of children from Boston and Springfield to public systems in surrounding suburban metropolitan communities. The Program is open to all children of African American, Latino, Asian and Native American descent who reside in the City of Boston and volunteer to participate. Newton's METCO program is the largest, maintaining a targeted enrollment of 431 students (3.4%) in grades K-12. Elementary Attendance Zones Newton Public Schools are organized around a neighborhood school model in which students attend elementary schools that service specific geographic areas of the city. Among the primary considerations that govern the establishment of a school attendance zone include a desire to maintain established neighborhoods, enrollment trends, travel distance, natural boundaries, safe walking routes, traffic patterns, and school capacity. Elementary students attend the school in the attendance zone in which they live unless they are participating in a program outside of their home school; are approved for the elementary transfer
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