Perkins School for the Blind

Watertown · MA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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Clearway School → Dearborn Academy → Waldorf High School Of Massachusetts Bay → German International School Boston → Buckingham Browne & Nichols School → Arlington School → Brimmer & May School → Bay Cove Academy →

This is a special-education school. It serves students with disabilities, who take alternate state assessments rather than the SAT/ACT. College-prep measures like test participation and AP rigor aren't collected here and don't reflect what this school does.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

58%

admit rate

$17,772

in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state

1300–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 170 in 2018 to 171 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+0.6%

Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.1%/year, projecting from 2022's 171 students:

2023

171

2025

172

2027

172

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Clearway School Newton	Private	1.2	39	—
Dearborn Academy Newton	Private	1.2	44	—
Waldorf High School Of Massachusetts Bay Belmont	Private	1.6	39	—
German International School Boston Boston	Private	2.0	234	+5.9%
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Cambridge	Private	2.2	1,407	+45.2%
Arlington School Belmont	Private	2.5	32	—
Brimmer & May School Chestnut Hill	Private	2.5	399	+6.7%
Bay Cove Academy Brookline	Private	2.6	27	—

At a glance

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Perkins School for the Blind is a private high school in Watertown, MA, enrolling 171 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is up 1% from 2018 to 2022.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

How many students attend Perkins School for the Blind? Perkins School for the Blind is a private high school in Watertown, MA, enrolling 171 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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