October 2026 Enrollment and Class Size Data
At a glance
Official October 1, 2026 enrollment is 9,648, down 206 students from a year earlier, driven by about 200 fewer kindergartners, with 40 completed and 30 pending registrations since. Elementary classes average 18 students with 93 percent at 20 or fewer; 86.1 percent of grades 6-8 core classes have 24 or fewer, and 87 percent of grades 9-12 core classes have 25 or fewer, with 11 sections at 29 or 30 students against 15 last year. No layoffs were needed; kindergarten teachers are being reassigned. The GOALS program is small and some staff were shifted to North Quincy High School. Student representatives said teachers feel overwhelmed by class sizes of 25 to 27, and members asked for comparisons with nearby districts.
Based on auto-generated captions of the video, which covers a Policy Subcommittee meeting and the regular School Committee meeting; names and numbers may be misheard.
Sources
Log
- 2026-10-14 - School Committee - Reported.
- 2026-09-30 - School Committee - Preliminary enrollment of 9,665 reported, lower than last year; detailed data promised later.