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Black student results in Boston

Across 75 schools in Boston, 17.2% of Black students meet proficient. That is 8.3 points below the Massachusetts average for Black students.

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26.5%
All students
17.2%
Black
19.1%
Hispanic
55.5%
White
54.1%
Asian

Average across the 75 schools in Boston with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 70 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Boston Latin School reports 59.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Melvin H. King South End Academy, in the same district, reports 3.1%. That is a 56.3-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Boston

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Boston Latin School 77.2% 59.4% 59.6% 87.8% 86.5%
Bradley Elementary School 62.3% 55% 50% 71.7%
O'Bryant School of Math & Science 57.9% 54.3% 41.9% 85.7% 81.9%
Eliot K-8 Innovation School 71.7% 51.6% 38.8% 80.1% 78.5%
Philbrick Elementary School 51.7% 40.9% 40% 90.9%
Hale Elementary School 48.8% 40.4% 37.5%
Boston Latin Academy 57.3% 36.1% 48.4% 89.9% 72.6%
Holmes Elementary School 26.4% 27.7% 26.3%
New Mission High School Alt 37.8% 26.9% 34.1% 69.6%
Winthrop Elementary School 32.8% 26.5% 33.3%
Grew Elementary School 38.7% 26.4% 32.6%
Everett Elementary School 26.6% 25.9% 16.3% 59.4% 25%
Perkins Elementary School 23.1% 24.1% 22.4%
UP Academy Holland 21.5% 24.1% 18.4%
Mendell Elementary School 36.6% 23.4% 18% 75%
Manning Elementary School 64.7% 23.3% 47.5% 81.5%
Lyon K-8 School 22.9% 22.7% 9.5% 37.5%
Mattahunt Elementary School 23.3% 22.6% 25.7%
Winship Elementary School 53.6% 22.2% 31.5% 75.4% 62.5%
Harvard-Kent Elementary School 42.4% 21.2% 24.1% 55.2% 71.7%
Warren-Prescott K-8 School 61.4% 20.7% 35% 78%
Mozart Elementary School 50.7% 20.6% 29.2% 72.6%
Dever Elementary School 19.7% 20.5% 16.7% 45%
Bates Elementary School 39.9% 20.4% 12.2% 65.3%
Ellison-Parks Early Education School 24.1% 20%
Kennedy John F Elementary School 37.5% 20% 24.6% 90%
Quincy Elementary School 55.7% 20% 32.7% 60.7% 66.2%
Kilmer K-8 School 35.3% 19.8% 16.7% 51% 50%
Haley Pilot School 25.9% 19.3% 16.7% 55.1%
Roosevelt K-8 School 20.9% 18.4% 20.7% 26.8%
Ohrenberger School 28.5% 18% 20.7% 55.9% 82.1%
Kenny Elementary School 24.4% 17.1% 12.7% 68.2% 32.4%
Edison Elementary School 17.6% 16.9% 12% 20% 42%
Channing Elementary School 22.8% 16.7% 27.9%
Russell Elementary School 15.5% 16.1% 13.5%
Chittick Elementary School 19.8% 15.7% 21.2%
Shaw-Taylor Elementary School 13.6% 15.2% 8%
Lyndon K-8 School 45.7% 14.7% 29.6% 57.6% 56.7%
Murphy K-8 School 39.3% 14.4% 18.9% 50.9% 51.9%
Mason Elementary School 12% 14.1% 11.4%
Trotter Elementary School 17.4% 13.6% 21.4%
Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper 15.9% 13.3% 8.9% 40.5% 38%
Blackstone Elementary School 10% 12.4% 6.4% 16.7%
Tobin K-8 School 12.9% 12.3% 10.9%
Young Achievers K-8 School Alt 10.7% 11.2% 10.1%
Greenwood Sarah K-8 School 9.2% 11.1% 8%
Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy 11.7% 10.4% 12.8%
Mather Elementary School 25.6% 10.2% 12.4% 49.3%
Brighton High School 9.9% 10% 10.5%
Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot 26.3% 9.8% 10.4% 65.5%
Sumner Elementary School 29.2% 9.8% 18.8% 70.4%
King Elementary School 7% 9.2% 4.6%
Charlestown High School 7% 9.1% 6.6%
Lee Academy 15.5% 9.1% 15.6%
Hennigan K-8 School 8.8% 8.7% 8.2%
Ellis Elementary School 9.8% 8.5% 10.9%
Higginson-Lewis K-8 School 6.7% 7.9% 5.6% 15%
Orchard Gardens K-8 School 11.3% 7.9% 15.2%
English High School 6.4% 7.8% 4.1%
Conley Elementary School 23.2% 7.7% 11.5% 53.6%
Clap Elementary School 14.6% 7.5% 11.1%
McKay K-8 School 11.5% 7.1% 10.9% 16.2%
Quincy Upper School 26.1% 7.1% 6.9% 39.7% 41.4%
Gardner Pilot Academy 22.6% 6.7% 16.8% 43.8%
Mildred Avenue K-8 School 9.2% 6.7% 8.6% 40%
Condon K-8 School 7.6% 6.4% 5.1% 10.4% 23.7%
Curley K-8 School 31.4% 5.9% 13.8% 72.7% 55.6%
Lee K-8 School 7.8% 5.7% 10% 0% 15%
Frederick Pilot Middle School 5.2% 5.4% 3.8%
Ruth Batson Academy 5.1% 5.4% 3.3%
TechBoston Academy 7.7% 4.8% 7.2%
Tynan Elementary School 14.6% 4.4% 20.7% 20.8%
Melvin H. King South End Academy 1.5% 3.1% 0%
Albert D Holland School of Technology 1.5% 0% 2.4%
Perry Elementary School 57.1% 0% 46.4% 70.8%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Massachusetts suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 744 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Massachusetts figures should not be compared against another state's.

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