Elementary · Massachusetts

Trotter Elementary School

Free meals for all

Trotter Elementary School, a public elementary school in Dorchester, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–6, 352 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Boston.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 352
Teachers (FTE): 32.8
Students per teacher: 10.7
Grades: Pre-K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Boston

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Location

Address: 135 Humboldt Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121
Phone: (617)635-8225
City or town: Boston
County: Suffolk County

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Higginson Inclusion K0-2 SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	154	8.8	0.2 mi
Bridge Boston Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	329	10.8	0.2 mi
Ellis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	391	12.5	0.3 mi
Haynes Early Education CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–1	168	11.0	0.5 mi
Hernandez K-8 SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	372	13.8	0.5 mi
Winthrop Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	226	9.2	0.6 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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