The Ellis School staff create an environment that fosters student learning and values the whole child.  Parent involvement is a strong part of our school culture.  We work towards building a home-school connection to strength each student's elementary school experience.  

We are also implementing the Leader in Me program — a process for school-wide transformation that has enhanced all student’s life skills and workforce readiness while creating a safe and vibrant learning community.

Teachers are highly trained in teaching reading, writing, and mathematics. We offer an exploratory science lab with a certified science instructor. We have a computer lab with a full-time instructor. Our school also offers physical education classes. We have a state of the art library with a full-time librarian. We enhance student learning through interactive field trips.

Special Features

• Shares its grounds with the African American Museum, providing opportunities to enrich our history and social studies curriculum
• Technology Lab
• Exploratory science lab with certified science instructor, plus hands-on science experiences
• A strong partnership with Higher Ground Inc.

K-12 Pathway

• Guaranteed assignment to grade 6 at the Dearborn STEM Academy (science/technology/engineering/math) for grades 6-12.

Special academic programs

• Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) for students in K1-grade 5 (Spanish)
• Special education program, K1-grade 5: emotional impairment
• K0/K1 integrated classroom, where children with and without disabilities learn together

Before and after school programs in our building

• Before school, 7:00 - 9:15 a.m.: Boston's Bridge to Excellence.
• After school, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.:  Boston's Bridge to Excellence, for K1-grade 5 students. Enrichment activities, homework time, chess, physical activities, and art. Sliding fee scale.