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C−

Channing Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

35 Sunnyside Street, Hyde Park, MA 02136 · (617) 635-8722 · Part of Boston School District

Boston’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
194
Students per teacher
9:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Channing Elementary School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 15% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 29 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 17 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 9 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 9.8% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Boston kids: 40 middle schools

On the path

Where Boston kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6Channing Elementary SchoolYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency8%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts32%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

35 Sunnyside Street, Hyde Park

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K24
Kindergarten25
Grade 128
Grade 229
Grade 327
Grade 418
Grade 522
Grade 621
Enrollment over time
215’20
201’21
189’22
192’23
194’24

Down 9.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 49%Hispanic 40%White 8%Two or more races 2%Asian 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Channing Elementary School from Boston families.

Other schools in Boston School District

The district →
Curley K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Jamaica Plain
C
902 students8:1
Murphy K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Dorchester
B−
855 students12:1
Eliot K-8 Innovation School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Boston
A
784 students13:1
Quincy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Boston
B
731 students12:1
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Roxbury
D−
689 students10:1
UP Academy Holland
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dorchester
D−
641 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Boston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.