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Jewish Day Schools in Waltham, Massachusetts
If you're researching Jewish day schools in Waltham, Massachusetts, this page is a starting point. We list 1 school that public records confirm is active. For a matched shortlist based on your grade, location, and community preferences, use our matching quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Waltham also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the center of the Waltham eruv.
Nearby, nearest first: Kadimah School (2 mi) · Jewish Community Day School, Inc DBA Jcds Bostons (3 mi) · JCDS Boston's Jewish Community Day School (3 mi) · Kesher Newton (6 mi) · Shaloh House Hebrew Day School (6 mi) · Shaloh House Jewish Day School (6 mi) · Bais Yaakov of Boston High School (6 mi) · Mesivta High School of Greater Boston (6 mi).
5 elementary schools · 3 high schools · 1 other jewish schools
Schools in Waltham, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 5 schools
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
Co-ed
Jewish Community Day School, Inc DBA Jcds Bostons
About 3 mi away · Watertown
K-8·Co-ed
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2023
Gender mix not specified
High Schools (9–12) · 3 schools
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Co-ed
Boys
Girls
Bais Yaakov of Boston High School
About 6 mi away · Brighton
9-12·Girls
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2023
Other Jewish Schools · 1 school
Schools in our directory where we don't yet have a structured grade range on file.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
No schools match these filters.
About Jewish education in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has a strong concentration of Jewish day schools in and around Boston, spanning yeshivish, Modern Orthodox, Solomon Schechter, and community/pluralistic traditions. The Boston area is one of the oldest Jewish education centers in North America.
A year in Waltham
🌸 Spring Mar–May
55° / 37°
Jacket and layers
Dry
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
80° / 62°
Short sleeves, light clothes
Humid
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
62° / 46°
Jacket and layers
Comfortable
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
38° / 23°
Winter coat
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 74°F, lows about 56°F, humidity about 76%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 74°F, lows about 56°F, humidity about 76%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 63°F, lows about 47°F, humidity about 81%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 41°F, lows about 28°F, humidity about 86%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 35°F, lows about 21°F, humidity about 87%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 45°F, lows about 28°F, humidity about 81%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 55°F, lows about 37°F, humidity about 79%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 66°F, lows about 46°F, humidity about 76%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 83°F, lows about 65°F, humidity about 76%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Waltham, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Waltham
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$1,466,000
$629 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$2,527 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$10,000+ /yr
💵 Household income
$153,520
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 13 ZIP areas, covering the eruv on file, plus the areas around its congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 02135 $669,750 · 02445 $1,271,250 · 02446 $1,105,500 · 02467 $1,466,000 · 02459 $2,540,000 · 02478 $1,572,000. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $1,181,500. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Elementary $20,000–$41,400 · 4 schools
- Middle school $16,483 · 1 school
- High school $19,529 · 1 school
Published rates for 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the schools above, before aid. Bars run from $0 to $60,000. See what you would pay after aid →
Massachusetts: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
State taxes income
Massachusetts
🎓 State scholarship
None on file
No state-funded private school program for Massachusetts.
🏛️ Federal credit
Undecided
Has not decided whether to opt in to the federal credit.
Homeschooling in Massachusetts
Notice
Notify the home district (preferably in writing); district must approve the plan before home schooling starts.
Subjects or hours
District checks that instruction in required studies equals public school instruction, incl. duration and frequency.
Parent
Educator licensing rules do not apply to home schooling; no parent credential is listed.
Locally
Each school committee sets its own policy on approving home schooling plans.
Checked 2026-10-27 against doe.mass.edu. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Waltham
Congregations in and around Waltham, nearest first, measured from the center of the Waltham eruv. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
Other cities in Massachusetts with Jewish schools
Brighton (7) · Brookline (7) · Chestnut Hill (5) · Newton (5) · Northampton (3) · Sharon (3)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Waltham, Massachusetts
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?