The Rashi School

What The Rashi School does

The Rashi School is a private, nonprofit K-8 Reform Jewish independent school founded in 1986 and based in Dedham, Massachusetts, approximately 20 miles southwest of Boston. The school enrolls 243 students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8, with families drawn from 25+ towns across the Greater Boston area, and maintains a 6:1 student-teacher ratio with class sizes of 12-14 students. Its core offering is a unified educational product integrating secular academics with Jewish studies, including specialized modules in STEAM (delivered through the Kol-lab Innovation Lab), social justice education (Tamchui Program), Jewish learning (Torah, Hebrew, prayer, Israel studies), arts, athletics, and social-emotional learning.

The school's revenue model is a tuition-subsidy hybrid, with annual tuition set by the Board of Trustees ranging from $30,000 (Pre-K) to $49,990 (Grades 6-8) for 2026-2027, distributed through an annual billing cadence. Approximately 51% of students receive need-based tuition assistance, with the school distributing roughly $3M annually to qualifying families. Supplemental revenue streams include the Annual Fund (approximately 10% of operating budget, with 82% parent participation), a $35M+ completed RISE capital campaign, Legacy Society estate gifts, and ancillary fee-based services such as bus transportation, after-school programming, and field trip fees.

The Rashi School operates from a 162-acre LEED-certified campus shared with Hebrew SeniorLife's NewBridge on the Charles senior living community, enabling a distinctive multigenerational programming model. Go-to-market is a sales-led admissions process with personalized family engagement, supported by referral partnerships with 50+ preschools, synagogues, and community organizations including Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Anti-Defamation League, Facing History and Ourselves, and Gateways. Auxiliary services include high school placement (95% to top-choice schools), kosher-style daily hot lunch via CulinArt, transportation via LocalMotion of Boston, and a 433-seat theater arts program.

Name

The Rashi School

Legal name

The Rashi School

Website

https://rashi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Rashi School is a private, nonprofit K-8 Reform Jewish independent school in Dedham, Massachusetts, serving 243 students from 25+ Greater Boston towns with a 6:1 student-teacher ratio. It integrates secular academics, Jewish studies, STEAM, and social justice curriculum on a shared multigenerational campus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Independent K-8 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools (EDACABAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Preschools (EDACABAF)

Keywords

• Independent school education
• Jewish day school
• Reform Jewish education
• STEAM curriculum K-8
• Private elementary school

Headquarters

HQ city

Dedham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tuition: Primary revenue source from tuition payments. 2026-2027 tuition ranges from $30,000 (Pre-K) to $49,990 (Grades 6-8). Additional fees include Chromebook purchase, trip fees, transportation, and after-school programs.
2. Annual Fund: Annual giving campaign comprising approximately 10% of operating budget. Achieved 82% parent participation rate. The RISE Campaign raised over $35M for school enhancements.
3. Tuition Assistance Administration: School administers approximately $3M in annual tuition assistance to 51% of students. Additional revenue from clergy grants ($10,000 per student) for qualifying families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Rashi School provides an integrated Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 education that fuses rigorous secular academics with Jewish studies, STEAM (through the Kol-lab Innovation Lab), social-emotional learning, and a signature social justice/Tzedek curriculum. Enrolled families also receive auxiliary services: daily hot kosher-style lunch, after-school care, transportation, interscholastic athletics, arts programming, and personalized high school placement counseling, all on a 162-acre LEED-certified multigenerational campus shared with NewBridge on the Charles in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Product overview

The Rashi School is Greater Boston's Reform Jewish PK-8 independent school offering a unified educational product that integrates secular academics with Jewish studies. The core academic program spans Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 and includes specialized curriculum modules in STEAM (featuring the Kol-lab Innovation Lab), Social Justice (with the Tamchui Program), Jewish Learning (Torah, Hebrew, prayer, Israel studies), and Social-Emotional Learning. Auxiliary services include After School care, Athletics (interscholastic sports from Grade 5), Arts (visual arts, theater, music), Transportation, and Hot Lunch. The school also offers High School Placement Services and a Tuition Assistance Program distributing $3M annually. Multigenerational Programming connects students with the adjacent NewBridge on the Charles senior living community. The school operates on a 162-acre LEED-certified campus and serves 243 students from 25+ Greater Boston communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Academic Program (Pre-K through Grade 8) A dynamic, child-centered Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 program integrating secular academics with Jewish studies, nurturing critical minds and compassionate hearts. Serves enrolled families in Dedham, Massachusetts with a 6:1 student-teacher ratio and class sizes of 12-14 students.
• Pre-Kindergarten Program A four-year-old Pre-Kindergarten program launched in Fall 2022, providing a nurturing early childhood experience that integrates play with Jewish and secular learning. Five days per week, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with included After School care until 6:00 PM Monday through Thursday. 2026-2027 tuition: $30,000.
• Kol-lab Innovation Lab A dedicated STEAM makerspace (name combines Hebrew words for 'all' and 'voice', meaning every voice matters) where students design, experiment, build, and invent. Features include a laser cutter, Promethean ActivPanels, iPads, and Chromebooks, and supports the school's signature STEAM Fairs.
• Multigenerational Programming A suite of cross-generational programs on the 162-acre campus shared with NewBridge on the Charles (Hebrew SeniorLife), including Making Memories (Grades 6-8 students volunteering with memory-loss residents), Mitzvah Makers (Grades 2-5 themed activities), Lunch Bunch (Grade 8 leadership), and Guest Teachers (25+ residents sharing expertise). Open to enrolled Rashi students.
• High School Placement Services Personalized secondary school placement support for Grade 8 students and their families, supporting applications to selective high schools. Rashi reports 95% of graduates admitted to their top-choice high school, with ongoing college tracking thereafter.
• After School Program A child-centered after school care program offered Monday through Thursday for enrolled PK-8 students. Features Creative Works, Organized Sports & Games, Homework Group, and elective courses. Included in Pre-K tuition through 6:00 PM; available as an add-on for other grade levels.
• Transportation Services Morning and afternoon bus transportation provided in partnership with LocalMotion of Boston, serving families from Greater Boston towns (Newton, Wellesley, Needham, Natick, Framingham, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Chestnut Hill, South Boston, Back Bay). All buses equipped with seatbelts. Transportation is an opt-in fee-based service.
• Hot Lunch Program Daily hot kosher-style lunch service provided through CulinArt in the renovated Kehillah Cafe, included in tuition for K-8 students. Features hot entrées, sandwiches, and a salad bar.
• Tuition Assistance Program A need-based tuition assistance program distributing approximately $3M annually to roughly 51% of enrolled students. Includes Traditional Tuition Assistance (awards from $1,000 to 90% of tuition), Clergy Grants ($10,000 per qualifying student), and 529 Plan payment options. Requires a Clarity-based financial aid application.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NewBridge on the Charles (Hebrew SeniorLife)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShared multigenerational campus enabling extensive cross-generational programming. Programs include Making Memories (Grades 6-8 students volunteering with memory loss residents), Mitzvah Makers (Grades 2-5 themed activities at health care center), Lunch Bunch (Grade 8 leadership development), Guest Teachers (25+ residents sharing expertise with students), and individual passion projects connecting students with residents.
• Leo Baeck School (Haifa, Israel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing relationship with Israeli school in Haifa. Grade 8 students and their Israeli peers travel and learn together in both Israel and Boston area, creating lasting connections and planting seeds of ahavat Yisrael (love of Israel).
• CulinArtminorOthersOutsourced food vendor providing daily hot lunch service in the school's Kehillah Cafe. Kosher-style meals with variety of options including hot entrees, sandwiches, and salad bar.
• LocalMotion of BostonminorOthersTransportation provider for morning and afternoon bus service. All buses equipped with seatbelts serving families from Greater Boston area.
• Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLongstanding relationship with Boston's Jewish federation for collaboration on funding, transportation, and technology initiatives to strengthen student experience.
• Gateways: Access to Jewish EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing ancillary services support for students with IEPs or neuropsychological testing. Families receiving tuition assistance from Rashi also receive assistance from Gateways.
• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual participation in ADL programs including No Place for Hate initiative. Middle schoolers join workshops on bias and diversity. Rashi students trained and become ambassadors of this work.
• KeshetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership around full inclusion of all LGBTQ+ Jews and their families in Jewish life. Supports school's diversity and inclusion commitment.
• Facing History and OurselvesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-school program linking Rashi students with Epiphany School students for shared learning five times per year. Students share experiences, understand different perspectives, and build friendships.
• Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild (METG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDrama program membership. Students participate in State Drama Festival Competition and various acting and technical design contests. School regularly earns recognition for performances and design.
• Jewish Coalition for Literacy (JCL)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMiddle schoolers serve as reading buddies and mentors to students at a local public school in Dedham through an elective program.
• Israel BondsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool hosts events to support Israel through Israel Bonds programs.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Meadowbrook School: Independent Pre-K-8 day school in Weston, MA. Competes for upper-middle-class Greater Boston families in Wellesley, Weston, Newton corridor with similar tuition structure and elementary/middle school programming.
• Epiphany School: Independent K-8 day school in Dorchester, MA. Actually partnered with Rashi via Facing History cross-school program; competes for Boston urban families seeking values-based elementary/middle education.
• Maimonides School: Modern Orthodox Jewish day school (K-12) in Brookline, MA. Directly comparable K-12 Jewish day school model in the Boston area, serving a different denominational segment of the same Jewish family market.
• Belmont Day School: Independent Pre-K-8 day school in Belmont, MA. Directly competes with Rashi for families in Boston's western suburbs (Newton, Wellesley, Belmont, Cambridge), with a similar tuition tier and non-faith-based but values-driven educational approach.
• Shady Hill School: Independent K-8 day school in Cambridge, MA. Long-established Boston-area private K-8 with comparable student-teacher ratios, mission-driven curriculum, and tuition tier; competes for the same families in Boston/Cambridge/Brookline.
• Gann Academy: Reform Jewish day school (grades 9-12) in Waltham, MA. Operates in the same Boston-area Jewish education ecosystem, with overlapping Reform Movement affiliation, shared feeder demographics, and complementary (rather than directly competing) grade-level offering — Rashi is one of the natural feeders into Gann for grades 9-12.

Broad incumbents

• Buckingham Browne & Nichols: Large established independent Pre-K-9 day school in Cambridge, MA. A broader incumbent with substantially larger endowment and brand; competes for the same high-academic-outcome-oriented Boston families and serves as a high school placement competitor.
• Dexter Southfield: Independent day school (Pre-K-12) with campuses in Brookline and Newton. Larger and broader incumbent with extensive athletics/STEAM programming that competes with Rashi for the same Boston-suburban feeder pool.

Others

• NewBridge on the Charles (Hebrew SeniorLife): Senior living community sharing Rashi's 162-acre campus. While not a peer in the educational sense, it is an ecosystem partner that materially shapes Rashi's positioning, programming, and operations.

Regional players

• Prozdor / Jewish Supplementary High School Programs: Regionally based Jewish supplementary education programs serving the broader Boston Jewish teen population; while not day schools, they draw from the same Boston-area Jewish family pool and capture some of the Jewish identity-formation demand that Rashi addresses during the school day.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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