Massachusetts Academics

Since the Boston Latin School—America's first public school—was established in 1635, Massachusetts has been a national and world leader in academic excellence. [More]

Day Care

Locating comfortable, secure, and convenient child care is one of the highest priorities for working parents and guardians. [More]

Private Education

Private-school education, encompassing both independent and parochial schools, has a long history in Boston and offers instructional approaches that span traditional to innovative. Parents wishing a private school for academic excellence or religious affiliation will find an ample selection from which to choose. Information is available from the listings below.

Public Education System

Primary and secondary schools are under the control of their cities and towns in terms of the exact cut-off date for kindergarten and first-grade enrollment. [More]

Charter Schools

Charter schools are independent public schools designed to encourage innovative educational practices. Charter schools are funded by tuition charges assessed against the school districts where the students reside. More information on charter schools in and near your community are located in the listings below.

MCAS Testing

To evaluate the effectiveness of the public education system, the state relies on the results of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System or MCAS. [More]

School Choice

The school choice program allows parents to send their children to schools in communities other than the city or town in which they live if space is available. Tuition is paid by the sending district to the receiving district. Information is available from the listings below.

Day Care
Massachusetts Office for Child Care Services 617-626-2000 View Website
Higher Education
Board of Regents of Higher Education 617-727-7785 View Website
Community Colleges
Berkshire Community College 413-499-4640 View Website	Bristol Community College 508-678-2811 View Website
Bunker Hill Community College 617-228-BHCC View Website	Cape Cod Community College 508-362-2131 View Website
Greenfield Community College 413-775-1000 View Website	Holyoke Community College 413-538-7000 View Website
Massachusetts Bay Community College 781-239-3000 View Website	Massasoit Community College Brockton Campus 508-588-9100 Canton Campus 781-821-2222 View Website
Middlesex Community College 978-656-3370 View Website	Mount Wachusett Community College 978-632-6600 View Website
North Shore Community College 978-762-4000 View Website	Northern Essex Community College 978-556-3000 View Website
Quinsigamond Community College 508-853-2300 View Website	Roxbury Community College 617-541-5310 View Website
Springfield Technical Community College 413-781-7822 View Website
Massachusetts State Colleges
Bridgewater State College 508-531-1000 View Website	Fitchburg State College 978-345-2151 View Website
Framingham State College 508-620-1220 View Website	Massachusetts College of Art 617-232-1555 View Website
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 413-662-5000 View Website	Massachusetts Maritime Academy 508-830-5000 View Website
Salem State College 978-542-6000 View Website	Westfield State College 413-572-5300 View Website
Worcester State College 508-929-8000 View Website
Massachusetts University System
University of Massachusetts Amherst 413-545-0111 View Website	University of Massachusetts Boston 617-287-5000 View Website
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 508-999-8000 View Website	University of Massachusetts Lowell 978-934-4000 View Website
University of Massachusetts System Office 617-287-7000 View Website	University of Massachusetts System Online View Website
University of Massachusetts Worcester Medical School 508-856-8989 View Website
Private Institutions
American International College 413-205-3201 View Website	Amherst College 413-542-2000 View Website
Andover Newton Theological School 800-964-ANTS View Website	Anna Maria College 508-849-3300 View Website
Assumption College 888-882-7786 View Website	Atlantic Union College 800-282-2030
Babson College 781-235-1200 View Website	Bay Path College 413-565-1000 View Website
Bay State College 617-236-8000 View Website	Becker College 877-5-BECKER View Website
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology 617-423-4630 View Website	Bentley College 781-891-2000 View Website
Berklee College of Music 617-266-1400 View Website	Boston Architectural Center 617-262-5000 View Website
Boston College 617-552-3100 View Website	Boston Conservatory 617-536-6340 View Website
Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis 617-277-3915 View Website	Boston University 617-353-2300 View Website
Brandeis University 781-736-3500 View Website	Cambridge College 800-877-4723 View Website
Clark University 508-793-7711 View Website	College of Our Lady of the Elms 413-594-2761 View Website
College of the Holy Cross 508-793-2011 View Website	Conway School of Landscape Design 413-369-4044 View Website
Curry College 617-333-0500 View Website	Dean College 877-TRY-DEAN View Website
Eastern Nazarene College 617-745-3000 View Website	Emerson College 617-824-8500 View Website
Emmanuel College 617-735-9715 View Website	Endicott College 978-927-0585 View Website
Fisher College 617-236-8800 View Website	Gordon College 978-927-2300 View Website
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary 978-468-7111 View Website	Hampshire College 877-937-4267 View Website
Harvard University & Radcliffe College 617-495-1000 View Website	Hebrew College 617-559-8600 View Website
Hellenic College & Holy Cross 617-731-3500 View Website	Hult International Business School 617-746-1990 View Website
Lasell College 617-243-2000 View Website	Lesley College 800-999-1959 View Website
Longy School of Music 617-876-0956 View Website	Marian Court College 781-595-6768 View Website
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Boston Campus 617-732-2800 Worcester Campus 508-890-8855 View Website	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 617-253-1000 View Website
Massachusetts School of Law 978-681-0800 View Website	Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology 617-327-6777 View Website
Merrimack College 978-837-5000 View Website	MGH Institute of Health Professions Massachusetts General Hospital 617-726-2947 View Website
Montserrat College of Art 978-922 -8222 View Website	Mount Holyoke College 413-538-2000 View Website
Mount Ida College 617-928-4500 View Website	National Graduate School of Quality Management 800-838-2580 View Website
New England College of Finance 617-951-2350 View Website	New England College of Optometry 617-266-2030 View Website
New England Conservatory of Music 617-585-1101 View Website	New England Institute of Art 800.903.4425 View Website
Newbury College 617-730-7007 View Website	Nichols College 508-213-1560 View Website
Northeastern University 617-373-2200 View Website	Pine Manor College 617-731-7000 View Website
Quincy Junior College 617-984-1700 View Website	Regis College 781-768-7000 View Website
Saint John’s Seminary 617-254-2610 View Website	School of the Museum of Fine Arts 617-267-1218 View Website
Simmons College 800-345-8468 View Website	Simon’s Rock College 413-528-0771 View Website
Smith College 413-585-2500 View Website	Southern New England School of Law 508-998-9400 View Website
Springfield College 413-748-3000 View Website	Stonehill College 508-565-1000 View Website
Suffolk University 617-573-8000 View Website	Tufts University 617-628-5000 View Website
Urban College of Boston 617-292-4723 View Website	Wellesley College 781-283-1000 View Website
Wentworth Institute of Technology 617-989-4590 View Website	Wheaton College 508-286-8200 View Website
Wheelock College 617-879-2000 View Website	Williams College 413-597-3131 View Website
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 508-831-5000 View Website
Private Education
New England Association of Schools & Colleges 781-271-0022 View Website	The Archdiocese of Boston Roman Catholic Schools 617-746-5855 View Website
The Association of Independent Schools of New England 781-982-8600 View Website	The Diocese of Springfield Roman Catholic Schools 413-732-3175 View Website
The National Association of Independent Schools 202-973-9700 View Website
Public Education System
Massachusetts State Department of Education 781-338-3000 View Website
Charter Schools
Charter School Administration 781-338-3227 View Website
Department of Education Information & Referral
Academic Support 781-338-3535 View Website	Adult & Community Learning 781-338-3850 View Website
Career & Technical Education 781-338-3910 View Website	Curriculum & Assessment 781-338-3625 View Website
Early Childhood Education 781-338-6364 View Website	Instructional Technology 781-338-6935 View Website
Nutrition, Safety & Climate 781-338-6480 View Website	Parent Information Hotline 866-MCAS220 View Website
School & District Profiles 781-338-DATA View Website	School Accountability 781-338-3535 View Website
MCAS Testing
MCAS Testing & Results 781-338-3625 View Website
Public School Districts
Boston Suburbs
Arlington Public Schools 781-316-3510 View Website	Belmont Public Schools 617-484-4180 View Website
Brookline Public Schools 617-730-2401 View Website	Cambridge Public Schools 617-349-6494 View Website
Malden Public Schools 781-397-7204 View Website	Medford Public Schools 781-393-2201 View Website
Melrose Public Schools 781-662-2000 View Website	Milton Public Schools 617-696-4809 View Website
Needham Public Schools 781-455-0400 View Website	Newton Public Schools 617-559-6100 View Website
Somerville Public Schools 617-625-6600 View Website	Waltham Public Schools 781-893-8050 View Website
Watertown Public Schools 617-926-7700 View Website	Wellesley Public Schools 781-446-6200 View Website
Weston Public Schools 781-529-8080 View Website	Winchester Public Schools 781-721-7004 View Website
City of Boston
Boston Public Schools 617-635-9000 View Website
Metro West
Acton Public Schools 978-264-4700 View Website	Ashland Public Schools 508-881-0150 View Website
Concord Public Schools 978-318-1500 View Website	Dover-Sherborn Public Schools 508-785-0036 View Website
Framingham Public Schools 508-626-9117 View Website	Hudson Public Schools 978-567-6100 View Website
Lexington Public Schools 781-861-2550 View Website	Lincoln Public Schools 781-259-9400 View Website
Marlborough Public Schools 508-460-3509 View Website	Maynard Public Schools 978-897-8251 View Website
Natick Public Schools 508-647-6500 View Website	Sudbury Public Schools 978-443-1058 View Website
Wayland Public Schools 508-358-7728 View Website
North Shore
Amesbury Public Schools 978-388-0507 View Website	Andover Public Schools 978-623-8501 View Website
Beverly Public Schools 978-921-6100 View Website	Boxford Public Schools 978-750-1955 View Website
Danvers Public Schools 978-774-4800 View Website	Georgetown Public Schools 978-352-5777 View Website
Gloucester Public Schools 978-281-9800 View Website	Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District 978-468-5310 View Website
Haverhill Public Schools 978-374-3400 View Website	Ipswich Public Schools 978-356-2935 View Website
Lynn Public Schools 781-593-1680 View Website	Lynnfield Public Schools 781-334-5800 View Website
Manchester-Essex Public Schools 978-768-7324 View Website	Marblehead Public Schools 781-639-3141 View Website
Middleton Public Schools 978-750-1955 View Website	Nahant Public Schools 781-581-1600 View Website
Newburyport Public Schools 978-465-4456 View Website	Peabody Public Schools 978-531-1600 View Website
Pentucket Regional School District 978-363-2280 View Website	Revere Public Schools 781-286-8226 View Website
Rockport Public Schools 978-546-1200 View Website	Salem Public Schools 978-740-1212 View Website
Saugus Public Schools 781-231-5000 View Website	Swampscott Public Schools 781-596-8800 View Website
Topsfield Public Schools 978-750-1955 View Website	Triton Regional School District 978-465-2397 View Website
North West
Ayer Public Schools 978-772-8600 View Website	Billerica Public Schools 978-436-9500 View Website
Boxborough Public Schools 978-263-4569 View Website	Burlington Public Schools 781-270-1801 View Website
Carlisle Public Schools 978-369-6550 View Website	Chelmsford Public Schools 978-251-5100 View Website
Dracut Public Schools 978-957-2660 View Website	Groton-Dunstable Public Schools 978-448-5505 View Website
Harvard Public Schools 978-456-4140 View Website	Lawrence Public Schools 978-975-5900 View Website
Littleton Public Schools 978-486-8951 View Website	Lowell Public Schools 978-937-7647 View Website
Lunenburg Public Schools 978-582-4100 View Website	Methuen Public Schools 978-681-1317 View Website
Nashoba Regional School District 978-779-0539 View Website	North Middlesex Regional School District 978-597-8713 View Website
North Reading Public Schools 978-664-7810 View Website	Stoneham Public Schools 781-279-3800 View Website
Tewksbury Public Schools 978-640-7801 View Website	Tyngsborough Public Schools 978-649-7488 View Website
Wakefield Public Schools 781-246-6400 View Website	Westford Public Schools 978-692-5560 View Website
Wilmington Public Schools 978-694-6000 View Website	Woburn Public Schools 781-937-8200 View Website
South Shore
Braintree Public Schools 781-380-0130 View Website	Carver Public Schools 508-866-6100 View Website
Cohasset Public Schools 781-383-6111 View Website	Duxbury Public Schools 781-934-7600 View Website
Hanover Public Schools 781-878-0786 View Website	Hingham Public Schools 781-741-1500 View Website
Hull Public Schools 781-925-0771 View Website	Marshfield Public Schools 781-834-5000 View Website
Norwell Public Schools 781-659-8800 View Website	Pembroke Public Schools 781-829-1178 View Website
Plymouth Public Schools 508-830-4300 View Website	Quincy Public Schools 617-984-8700 View Website
Randolph Public Schools 781-961-6204 View Website	Scituate Public Schools 781-545-8759 View Website
Silverlake Regional School District 781-293-9511 View Website	Weymouth Public Schools 781-335-1460 View Website
South West
Bellingham Public Schools 508-883-1706 View Website	Bridgewater-Raynham Public Schools 508-824-2730 View Website
Brockton Public Schools 508-580-7511 View Website	Canton Public Schools 781-821-5060 View Website
Dedham Public Schools 781-326-5622 View Website	Foxborough Public Schools 508-543-1660 View Website
Franklin Public Schools 508-528-5600 View Website	Holliston Public Schools 508-429-0654 View Website
Hopedale Public Schools 508-634-2220 View Website	Hopkinton Public Schools 508-497-9800 View Website
Mansfield Public Schools 508-261-7500 View Website	Medfield Public Schools 508-359-2302 View Website
Medway Public Schools 508-533-3222 View Website	Milford Public Schools 508-478-1100 View Website
Millis Public Schools 508-376-7000 View Website	Norfolk Public Schools 508-528-1225 View Website
North Attleborough Public Schools 508-643-2100 View Website	Sharon Public Schools 781-784-1570 View Website
Stoughton Public Schools 781-344-4000 View Website	Walpole Public Schools 508-660-7200 View Website
West Bridgewater Public Schools 508-894-1230 View Website	Westwood Public Schools 781-326-7500 View Website
Western Massachusetts
Agawam Public Schools 413-821-0548 View Website	Chicopee Public Schools 413-594-3410 View Website
East Longmeadow Public Schools 413-525-5450 View Website	Gateway Regional School District 423-685-1011 View Website
Hampden-Wilbraham Public Schools 413-596-3884 View Website	Holyoke Public Schools 413-534-2005 View Website
Longmeadow Public Schools 413-565-4200 View Website	Ludlow Public Schools 413-583-5662 View Website
Monson Public Schools 413-267-4150 View Website	Palmer Public Schools 413-283-2650 View Website
Southwick-Tolland Regional School District 413-569-5391 View Website	Springfield Public Schools 413-787-7000 View Website
West Springfield Public Schools 413-263-3289 View Website	Westfield Public Schools 413-572-6403 View Website
School Choice
School Choice 781-338-6500 View Website
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