Buckingham Browne Nichols
A private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts
What Massachusetts’s list coversSchools that reported to DESE
The non-public schools that reported their October enrollment to Massachusetts’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the newest school year. Not every school reports every year (yearly counts swing from about 250 to 400), so one missing may still be open; a school in a regional district is placed by its district, not its town. NCES’s survey counted 661 private schools in Massachusetts in 2021-22.
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The short answer
Record last released by Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on Jun 2, 2026.
- Pre-K to 12 grades, 2025-26, as the state lists them
- 1,043 students, 2025-26, as the state counts them
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What does its state say about it?
- Listed among the non-public schools that reported their October enrollment to Massachusetts’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for 2025-26.
- Public school district it is in: Cambridge.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Non-Public School Enrollment. Released Jun 2, 2026. Updated monthly.
How do students fare?
- Massachusetts publishes no test results or ratings for private schools in this list.
Is it inspected?
Massachusetts’s list of private schools carries no inspections or reviews of schools, so none are shown or counted here.
Who teaches?
- Massachusetts’s list carries no staffing figures.
Who runs it?
- Massachusetts’s list doesn’t say who runs the school.
Has anything been proven against it?
- Massachusetts’s list carries no enforcement actions.
How does it compare nearby?
- Private schools aren’t compared: the state’s list carries nothing to compare them by.
What the record doesn’t say
- Massachusetts’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education publishes the October enrollment the state’s non-public schools report to it each year; this page is from the newest year. Not every school reports every year (the yearly counts swing from about 250 to 400 schools), so one missing here may still be open. NCES’s Private School Universe Survey counted 661 private schools in Massachusetts in 2021-22.
- Massachusetts’s list of private schools carries no inspections or reviews of schools, so none are shown or counted here.
- DESE’s list gives no street address, ZIP code or phone number for a school.
Sources
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Non-Public School Enrollment.
Released Jun 2, 2026 and checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated monthly. Mass.gov terms: public records posted without a login “can be copied and used for any purpose”. Data: Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 21, 2026.
From the school
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Replies
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