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The Boston City League is a high school athletic conference in District B of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. All schools are located in the neighborhoods of Boston.
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The Boston City League is a high school athletic conference in District B of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. All schools are located in the neighborhoods of Boston.
The following twenty-three schools are a member of the league. The teams are separated into two or three divisions (North, South and Central is sometimes used) depending on the number of schools participating.
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| Boston International High School |
| Fenway High School |
| Another Course to College |
| Boston Community Leadership Academy |
| Boston Latin Academy |
| Brighton High School |
| Charlestown High School |
| East Boston High School |
| The English High School |
| Excel High School |
| Green Academy |
| Lyon Pilot Middle/High School |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School |
| McKinley South End Academy |
| Snowden International School |
| Burke High School |
| Community Academy of Science and Health |
| Dorchester Academy |
| New Mission High School |
| O'Bryant High School |
| TechBoston Academy |
| Urban Science Academy |
| West Roxbury Academy |
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