In addition, about 460 students enrolled in non-BPS schools receive some special education services in BPS schools. The systemwide ratio of students to teachers in SY01-02 is about 13.2 to 1. The BPS provides year-round services for students in certain grades who need extra help meeting requirements for promotion. School Assignments BPS elementary and middle schools are organized in three geographic zones. Students are assigned to schools in their zone of residence, based on choice and availability of seats.
All high schools are citywide.
The School Committee voted in 1999 to drop race-based assignments, a policy that had been in place since 1974. On the 1999 SAT I , BPS scores rose 7 points in Verbal and 3 in Math over 1998.