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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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| Another Course to College |
| Boston Arts Academy |
| Boston Collaborative High School |
| Boston Community Leadership Academy |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy |
| Boston International High School |
| Boston Latin Academy |
| Brighton High School |
| Charlestown High School |
| Community Academy of Science and Health |
| Dearborn STEM Academy Roxbury |
| East Boston High School |
| Edward Kennedy Academy for Health Center |
| The English High School |
| Excel High School |
| Fenway High School |
| Greater Egleston Community High School |
| Green Academy |
| Henderson K-12 Inclusion School |
| Jeremiah E. Burke High School |
| John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science |
| Josiah Quincy Upper School |
| Lyon Pilot Middle/High School |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School |
| Melvin H. King South End Academy |
| Muniz Academy |
| Muriel Sutherland Snowden International School at Copley |
| New Mission High School |
| TechBoston Academy |
| Urban Science Academy |
| West Roxbury Academy |
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