Imagine there are 77,000 school-age children living in the city of Boston. Boston spends an estimated $10,500 on a student each year. Yes, that may be expensive but...in 2010, many colleges near Boston raised the annual cost of one year of college to over $50,000 per admission!! The Boston Public School System(BPS) web site provides profiles for every K-12 school and a free parent's guide and school calendar.
Boston's Public School administration has won numerous awards for educational excellency. This download file lists salaries of every Boston Public School teacher employed.
Compare the BPS to the free METCO PROGRAM and see a list of private fee-based schools. You can download the METCO application or research the private K-12 schools in Boston.
METCO is the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc., a service provider placing an estimated 3,000+ students from Boston and Springfield into 30 or more school districts including Brookline, Newton, Needham, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, Belmont and other communities outside the Boston Public School district.
LookforSchools.com helps you explore schools based on the ethnic makeup of public schools in Massachusetts. Families seeking diverse school populations can pull up these enrollment reports to view African American student enrollment data along with reports about students by ethnic orgin.
And you can view financial aid options for college and check out the Massachusetts State schools for adults where credit and non credit courses are offered.
