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Average. SAT scores. 496 verbal. 513 math. 1009 total (2017-2018) [6] Website. Boston Public Schools. Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts.
The first public schools in America were established by the Puritans in New England during the 17th century. Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [1] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however. On January 1, 1644, by unanimous vote, Dedham authorized the first U.S. taxpayer-funded public school; "the seed ...
Neighborhood House Public School District (CC, Dorchester section of Boston, PK–12, serving the Boston school district) New Heights Charter School of Brockton District (CC, Brockton, 6–12, serving the Brockton, Randolph, Taunton school districts)
Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
Private Schools. Boston College High School, Dorchester. Boston University Academy. British School of Boston. Cathedral High School. Catholic Memorial High School, West Roxbury. Commonwealth School. Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton. The Newman School.
Camden County Schools. Carteret County Public Schools. Caswell County Schools. Catawba County Schools. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Chatham County Schools. Cherokee County School District. Clay County Schools.
A statistical record of the progress of public education in North Carolina, 1870-1906 (1907) online; Coon, Charles L. Significant educational facts: North Carolina public school statistics for 1904-'05 (1906) online; Coon, Charles L., ed. The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume I (1908) online
Education in the Thirteen Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries varied considerably. Public school systems existed only in New England. In the 18th Century, the Puritan emphasis on literacy largely influenced the significantly higher literacy rate (70 percent of men) of the Thirteen Colonies, mainly New England, in comparison to Britain (40 percent of men) and France (29 percent of men).