How safe is the school, really — beyond what the marketing says?
Based on Niche’s student survey and the state’s discipline report, 94% of the 101 students who answered Niche say they feel safe at Boston Latin School, and the state records 17 of 2,428 students disciplined in 2024–25, with 0.7% suspended out of school and none expelled or referred to law enforcement.
| Record | What it says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Student survey | 94% of 101 respondents feel safe; 74% of 101 like school and feel happy there | Niche (undated) |
| Discipline, 2024–25 | 17 students disciplined; in-school suspension 0.0%, out-of-school 0.7%, expulsion 0.0%; Black students 1.6% out-of-school | State discipline report |
| Chronic absence, 2025 | 17.8% in the high-school grades (17.2% in 2024); 10.6% in grades 7 and 8 (8.5% in 2024) | State accountability report |
| Federal civil-rights finding | On 26 September 2016 the U.S. Attorney found one violation of Title IV of the Civil Rights Act, in how the school handled a complaint of racial harassment of a Black student; the district agreed to annual training, restorative justice, a non-discrimination officer and an annual racial-climate survey | U.S. Attorney, 2016 |
| Safe mode, 2022 | On 26 October 2022 the school went into safe mode as a precaution while police answered a report of a gun near Wentworth and MassArt, less than half a mile away; the gun was fake | Boston 25 News |
Niche gives its survey no date and 101 answers is a small share of 2,400 students. We found no police-call count and no result from the annual racial-climate survey the 2016 agreement requires, so we cannot say how the school’s climate has moved since. The 2016 finding is a decade old and concerned how a complaint was handled, and among the groups the state’s table gives rates for, none is above 1.6% suspended out of school.
Ask the school for its latest climate-survey results, how a student reports harassment, and who acts as its non-discrimination officer today.
How do students perform on state assessments in reading and math?
Based on the state’s spring 2025 MCAS results, 91% of Boston Latin School’s grade 10 students met or exceeded expectations in English and 91% in mathematics, against 51% and 45% statewide, and 83% of grade 7 students did so in English and 85% in mathematics.
| Grade and subject | Met or exceeded | State |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 English / mathematics | 83% / 85% (397 tested) | 42% / 39% |
| Grade 8 English / mathematics | 69% / 72% (398 tested) | 44% / 38% |
| Grade 8 science and engineering | 49% (393 tested) | 37% |
| Grade 10 English / mathematics | 91% / 91% (400 tested) | 51% / 45% |
| Grade 10 science | 87% (395 tested) | 46% |
Growth is a different measure. In 2025 the school’s mean student growth percentile was 64.4 in high-school mathematics, above the typical range, 53.4 in high-school English, 47.6 in mathematics and 45.5 in English in grades 7 and 8, the last two read by the state as typical growth, low. AllK12’s series for English and mathematics shows 89.1% and 93.7% meeting expectations in 2018–19, 87.3% and 85.7% in 2021–22, 76.0% and 79.7% in 2023–24, and 81.0% and 83.0% in 2024–25. The state’s accountability report puts the school at the 96th percentile.
Ask the school how it supports students in grade 8, where science and engineering is the lowest of its 2025 results, and what it does for students who enter in grade 7 below the exam-school average.
How qualified and stable are the teachers — credentials, average tenure, turnover?
Based on the state’s 2025–26 teacher report, all 129.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Boston Latin School are licensed, against 97.2% across the district, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.4 to 1; we found no figure for how long teachers stay.
| Measure | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers and licensure | 129.6 FTE, 100% licensed; district 97.2%, state 96.2% | State teacher report, 2025–26 |
| Student-teacher ratio | 18.4 to 1 in 2025–26 (district 10.7, state 11.7); 18.4 in 2023–24, 19.4 in 2022–23, 20.9 in 2017–18 | State; AllK12 |
| Teaching FTE over time | 103 in 2010–11; 117.2 in 2017–18; 124.7 in 2022–23; 130.5 in 2023–24; 129.9 in 2024–25 | AllK12 |
| Early-career teachers | 2.9% in their first or second year | Niche |
| Experience, in-field teaching, retention | Not reported by the state for the school | State teacher report |
The licensure figure is the state’s count of teachers licensed, not a count of teachers licensed in the subject they teach, which the state leaves blank. Niche’s early-career share is a third-party figure and its grade for teachers is opinion.
Ask the school how many of its teachers have taught there five years or more, how many positions it is filling this year, and how many teach outside the subject they are licensed in.
What’s the graduation rate, and how college-ready are graduates?
Based on the state’s accountability report, 98.7% of Boston Latin School’s four-year cohort graduated in 2024 and 0.1% dropped out, and the state’s advanced-coursework report shows 754 of 766 students in grades 11 and 12 (98.4%) completing advanced courses in 2025–26.
| Measure | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation | 98.3% (2023), 98.7% (2024); annual dropout 0.1% in both years | State accountability report |
| Advanced coursework | 99.6% (2024) and 98.7% (2025) in the accountability report; 98.4% of 766 in grades 11–12 (2025–26) | State reports |
| By subject, 2025–26 | Mathematics 93.2%; science and technology 53.8%; history and social science 67.2%; computer and information science 11.0% | State advanced-course report |
| SAT and ACT | SAT 1370 (953 responses); ACT 32 (90 responses); 74% enrolled in AP | Niche |
| Accountability | 96th percentile; “Not requiring assistance or intervention”; School of Recognition | State accountability report |
The state’s page gives no definition of an advanced course and no count of courses per student, so 98.4% shows that nearly every student takes at least some advanced work and not how much. Niche’s SAT and ACT figures come from self-reported answers, and its list of popular colleges (Boston University, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, Harvard and Boston College lead) is not a matriculation list.
Ask the school where the class of 2026 enrolled, how many took five or more Advanced Placement exams, and what its recent AP scores were; the state publishes none for the school.
Which future-critical STEM fields is this school genuinely strong in—and which ones are major gaps?
Computer science is the one field in the Developing band at Boston Latin School, at Level 3 (structured); AI and data, clean energy, biotechnology and Earth systems are Weak at Level 2 (thin); aerospace is Weak at Level 1 (lacking); and cybersecurity, robotics, advanced manufacturing and battery storage are Weak at Level 0 (absent). The review’s overall readiness figure is 48/100, which reads Weak.
| Field | Provision | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Computer science | Developing | 3.0/5 |
| AI & data | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| Clean energy | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| Biotechnology | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| Earth systems | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| Aerospace | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Cybersecurity | Absent | 0.0/5 |
| Robotics | Absent | 0.0/5 |
| Advanced manufacturing | Absent | 0.0/5 |
| Battery storage | Absent | 0.0/5 |
Level 3 means a recurring curriculum with progression and practical work. Computer science reaches it through AP Computer Science Principles and A and a state coursetaking record that shows students in grades 11 and 12 in every year it reports. The four thin fields rest on student projects at the Boston regional STEM fair, where Boston Latin students won 31 of the 64 winning entries in 2025, and on Advanced Placement courses; none has a course of its own. The school has no engineering course in the Boston Globe’s 2023 count.
One of fifteen future-critical domains reaches Level 3 or above, and the readiness figure is 2 points below the Developing line. Ask the counselors which of these courses and clubs run this year.
How strong is this school in AI, data science and computer science compared with other schools?
Based on the state’s coursetaking record, 108 Boston Latin students took a computer science course in 2025–26, 29 of them in grade 11 and 79 in grade 12, with none in grades 7 to 10, and the school lists AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A among its 30 Advanced Placement courses; we found no artificial-intelligence or data-science course.
| Measure | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Coursetaking, all grades | 234 (9.9%) in 2021–22; 238 (9.9%) in 2023–24; 191 (7.9%) in 2024–25; 108 (4.5%) in 2025–26 | State coursetaking record |
| By grade, 2025–26 | Grade 11 7.5%; grade 12 20.9%; grades 7 to 10 none (grades 11 and 12 were 22.3% and 38.6% in 2021–22) | State coursetaking record |
| By gender, 2025–26 | 28 of 1,279 girls (2.2%) and 80 of 1,110 boys (7.2%) | State coursetaking record |
| Advanced computing, 2025–26 | 11.0% of grade 11 and 12 students completed an advanced computer and information science course: 5.1% of girls and 18.2% of boys | State advanced-course report |
| Student projects | A computer-vision project won first place in 2023; deep-learning vision models were a Grand Prize finalist in 2024; neural-network projects on lung cancer and brain tumours placed in 2025 | Boston Region VI STEM Fair |
| Club | BLS Hack Club met on Fridays in 2023–24; its projects are undated | Hack Club about page |
The state’s table does not say which courses count, so the 108 includes any computer science course and not only the two AP courses. The fair projects are listed by title and are independent student work; the school’s science program director is quoted saying many students look for outside support, and a UMass Lowell news item shows a student seeking it. No AP computer science exam results were found, and we have not ranked the school against others.
Ask which computing sections run now, why the count fell from 238 in 2023–24 to 108 in 2025–26, and whether a computing course is open before grade 11.
Do students get access to advanced coursework, specialist electives and serious competitions?
Based on the school’s profile, Boston Latin School offers 30 Advanced Placement courses, ten of them in science, mathematics and computer science, and the state records 98.4% of its grade 11 and 12 students completing advanced coursework in 2025–26; its students made up 31 of the 64 winning entries at the 2025 Boston regional STEM fair, and its Science Olympiad team has entered the state tournament every year since 2004 except 2020.
| Measure | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AP, science | Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics | School profile |
| AP, mathematics and computing | Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Computer Science A and Principles | School profile |
| Advanced completion, grades 11–12, 2025–26 | 98.4% overall; mathematics 93.2%; science and technology 53.8%; computer and information science 11.0% | State advanced-course report |
| Regional STEM fair | 25 of 32 winners in 2024 and 31 of 64 winning entries in 2025 were Boston Latin’s, among them a Cabot Corporation Grand Prize in 2025 and a Christa McAuliffe and Sanofi Grand Prize finalist in 2024 | Boston Region VI STEM Fair |
| Science Olympiad, Division C state | 5th of 55 in 2019; 12th of 56 in 2021; 16th of 64 in 2022; 29th of 63 in 2023; 30th of 64 in 2024; 22nd of 67 in 2025; 51st of 76 in 2026 | Duosmium |
| Specialist electives | Not found; the Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison counts 13 arts and 36 world-language courses and no engineering course | Boston Globe, 2023 |
The school’s science-projects website requires a project of seventh graders in Earth Science and offers it, for extra credit, to later classes, with two teachers available after school and in W-block. No AP exam scores, no dual-enrollment or early-college course and no ISEF result were found. The fair lists show titles only, and most projects were developed with laboratories outside the school.
Ask which advanced science and computing sections run this year, how many students reach the state fair and the International Science and Engineering Fair, and what the school’s recent AP scores were.
Does STEM translate into recognised qualifications, university preparation and credible next-step pathways?
Based on state and survey records, Boston Latin School prepares students for university: 98.7% graduated in four years in 2024, 98.4% of grade 11 and 12 students completed advanced coursework in 2025–26 and Niche reports an average SAT of 1370; we found no industry credential, dual-enrollment course or career-technical pathway in STEM.
| Route | What it offers | Source |
|---|---|---|
| University preparation | 98.7% four-year graduation (2024); 98.4% advanced-course completion; SAT 1370 and ACT 32 (Niche, self-reported) | State; Niche |
| Research pathway | Winners at the Boston regional fair can reach the Massachusetts state fair (Worcester, 9 April 2026) and the International Science and Engineering Fair (Phoenix, 9–15 May 2026); no result at either was found | School science-projects website |
| Outside laboratories | A student had samples tested at UMass Lowell’s Core Research Facilities in 2024; Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School are named as partners, with no programme described | UMass Lowell news; school profile |
| University visit | On 6 February 2026 twelfth graders spent a day at Northeastern: a paper-tower engineering-design challenge, thin-layer chromatography and a makerspace tour | Northeastern STEM Education |
| Credentials and dual enrollment | Industry certifications, dual enrollment and early college | None found |
A visit is exposure and not a pathway, and a named partner is not a programme. The state publishes no college-enrolment figure for the school that we could read, and Niche’s popular colleges list is not a matriculation list. The school’s own site, where a counselling or college-list page might sit, could not be read.
Ask the counselors where recent graduates went to study science, engineering and computing, which laboratories host student research, and whether any course carries college credit.
Will your child be ready for jobs that don’t exist yet?
Here’s what the evidence actually shows for Boston Latin School — not what the brochure claims.
48/100 — Weak overall. Boston Latin School’s strongest ground is computer science: AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A are two of its 30 Advanced Placement courses, alongside AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics and both AP Physics C courses, and its students have won places at the Boston regional STEM fair in 2023, 2024 and 2025 with machine-learning and computer-vision projects.
But: cybersecurity, robotics and advanced manufacturing are absent.
Best positioned forNone
Underdeveloped inCybersecurity, Robotics, Advanced Manufacturing
Future-critical exposure1/15 domains
Very strong
- None
Strong
- None
Limited
- Computer Science
Little / no pathway
- AI & Data
- Clean Energy
- Biotechnology
- Earth & Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Cybersecurity
- Robotics
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Batteries
Less ideal for
Where the school is stronger than its marketing suggests
No count of the supports the line promises was identified.
No engineering course identified.
Curriculum
- AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB and BC, and AP Computer Science Principles and A, on the school’s Boston Public Schools profile
- BLS Hack Club, a student-run coding club that met on Fridays in 2023–24 and names an AI voice companion among past student projects
Evidence seen
- The Boston Region VI STEM Fair’s published winners lists: a photogrammetry and object-classification project using OpenCV and PointNet won first place in 2023; deep-learning vision models for neural radiance rendering were a Grand Prize finalist in 2024; neural-network projects on early lung cancer detection and on brain-tumour classification placed second and third in 2025
- The Boston Public Schools profile page and the Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison of Boston high schools, which count the same Advanced Placement statistics, calculus and computer science courses
What's missing
- No artificial-intelligence, machine-learning or data-science course identified; the fair projects are independent student work
- No AI competition result beyond the regional fair found
- The school’s own website and course book could not be read
Evidence seen
- The Boston Public Schools profile, the Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison and the state’s school profile: none names a cybersecurity or networking course
- Searches under the school’s name for CyberPatriot, capture-the-flag and cybersecurity clubs
What's missing
- No cybersecurity course, club or competition identified
- The school’s own website could not be read, so a club list there was not checked
Evidence seen
- The Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison of Boston high schools: no engineering course at the school, and no technical category beyond one graphic-arts course
- Searches under the school’s name for FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge and VEX teams, which found none; The Blue Alliance search and Statbotics could not be read
- The Hack Club’s about page, which names circuit boards among past projects: electronics, not a robotics programme
What's missing
- No robotics course, team or competition record identified
- No engineering course identified
Curriculum
- AP Environmental Science, on the school’s Advanced Placement list
Evidence seen
- The Boston Region VI STEM Fair’s winners lists: aerogel as a roofing material for climate mitigation (two entries) and methane emissions from landfills (third place, with a NASA Earth system science award) in 2024, a field-deployable natural-gas leak-detection project (first place) in 2024, and road salting and the Muddy River in 2025
- The Boston Public Schools profile page and the Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison
What's missing
- No solar, wind, grid or energy-systems course identified
- The fair entries are listed by title only, so how far any was built or tested could not be seen
- No clean-energy club or competition beyond the regional fair found
Curriculum
- AP Biology, on the Advanced Placement list, and Biology I, named among the courses whose students may enter a science project
- Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, named as partners on the school’s Boston Public Schools profile with no description of what the partnership involves
Evidence seen
- The Boston Region VI STEM Fair’s winners lists: a CRISPR gene switch, oncofetal gene discovery, and a tardigrade-tolerance project placed in 2024; a self-regulating gene-therapy vector for Rett syndrome, a T-cell cancer-killing model, immunotherapy with Cordyceps militaris and biofilm-based plastic bioremediation placed in 2025
- A UMass Lowell news item of 2 April 2024: a Boston Latin sophomore had lichen samples from the Neponset River tested at the university’s research facilities, after emailing more than 100 companies and universities for help; the school’s science program director is quoted: “Boston Latin School has many students looking for support from local universities and institutions.”
What's missing
- No biotechnology course, school laboratory record or iGEM result found; the research is independent student work, largely hosted by outside laboratories
- The partnership with the hospital and the medical school is a name on a list, with no programme described
Creativity cannot be graded the way a course can. It can only be evidenced through what students made.
| Criterion | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + technology | ||||
| Design | ||||
| Architecture | ||||
| Engineering design | ||||
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| Maker learning | ||||
| Interdisciplinary projects |
One artefact runs for three years or more. 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 are level, each at 1 of 7 criteria.
The record — 1 artefact
The Argo has been written, photographed and edited by Boston Latin students since 1970. It runs as an online newspaper with news, forum, arts and entertainment, sports and photography sections, and as a print paper: its archive lists issues for each year from 2022 to 2026, among them the January, March, April and Graduation issues, and its photo pages hold dated galleries from 2023 to 2025. Its online edition carried new articles in June 2026.
The Argo archive and online edition · blsargo.org · Wikipedia, Boston Latin School (publications; founded 1970)
Nothing found for
No student work was found evidencing these. For a school this well documented, an unrecorded programme is unlikely to be a large one.
What a family should ask about directly
- Cybersecurity, robotics, advanced manufacturing and battery storage are absent, aerospace is lacking, and AI, clean energy, biotechnology and Earth systems are thin: the evidence in those fields is a list of Advanced Placement courses and student fair projects, not a course, club or competition run by the school. Ask the counselors which electives, clubs or units touch them.
- The strongest research record is student-led. Boston Latin students made up 25 of the 32 winners listed at the Boston regional fair in 2024 and 31 of the 64 winning entries in 2025, yet the school’s science program director is quoted as saying the school has “many students looking for support from local universities and institutions.” Ask who mentors a student’s research, which laboratories host it, and whether a student with no outside contact can do the same.
- The school’s science-projects website makes a project required for seventh-grade Earth Science students and optional, for extra credit, in later classes, with two teachers available after school and in W-block, and it posts no results. Ask how many students reach the state fair and the International Science and Engineering Fair, and with what results.
- Computer science is the one structured field, and the state’s coursetaking record shows it in grades 11 and 12 only: 238 students (9.9%) in 2023–24, 191 (7.9%) in 2024–25 and 108 (4.5%) in 2025–26, with 2.2% of girls taking it in 2025–26 against 7.2% of boys. Ask which computing sections run now, and whether any computing course is open in grades 7 to 10.
- The Boston Globe’s 2023 comparison counts no engineering course at the school. Ask whether any engineering, design or making course exists, and whether students use a workshop.
- In Science Olympiad the school finished 5th of 55 teams in the Massachusetts Division C state tournament in 2019, 22nd of 67 in 2025 and 51st of 76 in 2026. Ask which events the team enters and whether a teacher coaches it.
- The school’s own website, bls.org, could not be read, and the state’s curriculum page lists every category with no product named. Ask for the current course book, the list of 190 student-run clubs and the number of sections of each Advanced Placement science and computing course.
| Domain | Evidence class | Key sources |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Data | Officially recorded · Corroborated | Boston Region VI STEM Fair winners, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (computer-vision, deep-learning and neural-network projects); Boston Public Schools profile and Boston Globe 2023 comparison (AP Statistics, Calculus, Computer Science A and Principles); BLS Hack Club about page (undated projects); no AI or data-science course found |
| Cybersecurity | Unsubstantiated | No cybersecurity course, club or competition found; the school’s own website could not be read |
| Robotics | Unsubstantiated | Boston Globe 2023 comparison (no engineering course); no FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge or VEX team found; The Blue Alliance search and Statbotics could not be read |
| Clean Energy | Officially recorded · Corroborated | Boston Region VI STEM Fair winners, 2024 and 2025 (aerogel roofing, landfill methane, gas-leak detection, road salt); Boston Public Schools profile and Boston Globe 2023 comparison (AP Environmental Science); no energy course found |
| Computer Science | Officially recorded · Corroborated | Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Digital Literacy and Computer Science coursetaking, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26 (grades 11 and 12 only); Boston Public Schools profile and Boston Globe 2023 comparison (AP Computer Science A and Principles); BLS Hack Club about page |
| Earth & Geospatial | School-reported · Corroborated | School science-projects website (Earth Science required for Class VI); Boston Public Schools profile (AP Environmental Science); Boston Region VI STEM Fair winners (lichen, road-erosion and invasive-plant projects); UMass Lowell news, 2 April 2024; no geospatial or GIS course found |
| Aerospace | Officially recorded | Boston Region VI STEM Fair winners, 2024 (one third-place project on water-fuelled space travel); no aerospace course, club or competition found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Unsubstantiated | Boston Globe 2023 comparison (one graphic-arts course, no technical category); no fabrication, machining or automation course found |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | Unsubstantiated | No battery or energy-storage course, club or competition found |
| Biotechnology | Officially recorded · Corroborated | Boston Region VI STEM Fair winners, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (gene-therapy, CRISPR, immunotherapy and cell-biology projects); Boston Public Schools profile and Boston Globe 2023 comparison (AP Biology); school science-projects website (Biology I); UMass Lowell news, 2 April 2024; no biotechnology course or school laboratory record found |
Academics
A rigorous college preparatory education, with supports for students.
We ground our students in a contemporary classical education as preparation for successful college studies. Below are our programmes and our Advanced Placement courses, as our school profile describes them.
A selective college preparatory school
Founded in 1635, we are the oldest school in the US, and we serve an economically and culturally diverse population of students in grades 7 through 12 through a selective admissions process. We ground our students in a contemporary classical education as preparation for successful college studies.
- Our focus is providing a rigorous college preparatory education, with supports for students
- We accept students entering grades 7 and 9 only, through the Exam School Policy’s application process
- Students must reside in the City of Boston by November of the previous year to be eligible for admission
- We offer specialized education programmes for Specific Learning Disabilities
Advanced Placement
We list 30 Advanced Placement courses, from AP African American Studies to AP World History: Modern. Every one of them is below.
- AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A
- AP Calculus AB and BC, and AP Statistics
- AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- AP Biology, AP Chemistry and AP Environmental Science
- AP Chinese, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish Language and Spanish Literature
Arts, Teams & Clubs
We supplement academics with robust arts programming, 60 athletic teams and 190 student-run clubs.
- Extensive music offerings including theater, orchestras, bands, choirs, quartets and ensembles
- Community service and cultural organizations
- Sports through the school year, many with freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams: baseball, basketball, crew, fencing, football, hockey, lacrosse, sailing, soccer, swimming, track and volleyball
Partners & Parent Groups
Our partners include Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston PIC, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
- A School Site Council and a Parent Council
- Parent-run organizations, including Friends of the Arts, of Athletics, of Math and Science, of Crew, of Soccer and of Chinese Culture
- An elevator, as well as appropriate programming
AP courses offered
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Calendar
Our year at Boston Latin School, October 2026 to June 2027.
Key dates from the Boston Public Schools 2026–27 calendar and the exam-school admissions schedule, soonest first. Our school day runs 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Ask below if you need us to confirm a date before you book travel.
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Our Story
The oldest school in the US, founded in 1635.
We are Boston Latin School, an exam school in Boston’s Longwood neighbourhood. We serve an economically and culturally diverse population of students in grades 7 through 12 through a selective admissions process.
Milestones
We were established on April 23, 1635, by the Town of Boston, and our first classes met at the home of our Master.
Our first student graduated.
We built our third schoolhouse, on Bedford Street, and the Boston Latin School Association was organized to support us.
Our school newspaper, The Register, was founded.
We moved to our fifth site, on Avenue Louis Pasteur, where we remain.
We were first accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Our school newspaper, The Argo, was founded.
We admitted our first co-educational class.
We were named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
U.S. News & World Report rated us the top public high school in Massachusetts and ranked us 27th nationally.
U.S. News ranked us the top high school in Massachusetts again, and 44th nationally.
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