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Private schools in Massachusetts

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401 private schools in 132 cities and towns. From the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE): Non-Public School Enrollment.

What Massachusetts’s list covers

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.

The biggest cities and towns

By how many private schools each holds
  1. Boston 34
  2. Newton 13
  3. Cambridge 12
  4. Worcester 10
  5. Framingham 9
  6. Beverly 8
  7. Lexington 8
  8. Springfield 7
  9. Andover 6

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Non-Public School Enrollment. Released Jun 2, 2026. Updated monthly.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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