Boston public school enrollment is 56,340.

[56,578-DE&SE] Of the 75,400 school-age children in Boston, 56,340 attend the public schools. Of that total, 13% of the students are white, 37% black, 39% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 1% other). Some 6,420 attend parochial schools, 3,770 attend private schools, 3,150 attend suburban schools through METCO, 4,820 attend public charter schools, 440 attend non-BPS special education programs, and 250 are home schooled.