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Lee K-8 School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
889th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Lee K-8 School is a public elementary school located in Dorchester, Massachusetts that serves 527 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Boston school district, which is ranked 298 out of 348 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lee K-8 School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with proficiency rates on the MCAS Next Generation assessments that are significantly lower than state and district averages across all grades and subjects. In 2024-2025, only 9.57% of Lee K-8 students were proficient or better in ELA compared to 41.53% statewide and 29.27% in Boston. The school struggles particularly with math, with only 5.94% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025 compared to 40.74% statewide and 27.68% in Boston. Lee K-8 School also ranks in the bottom 10-20% of Massachusetts elementary schools for various student groups, including African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

While Lee K-8 School has relatively high per-student spending, it has a high student-teacher ratio of 9.3, which is higher than many nearby schools. The schools closest to Lee K-8, such as Lee Academy, Shaw Elementary, and Greenwood Sarah K-8, also struggle academically and have similar low rankings and proficiency rates. However, Holmes Elementary, which is just 0.38 miles away, performs significantly better than Lee K-8 School, with 32.35% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2024-2025. Additionally, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester, which is 0.69 miles away, also outperforms Lee K-8 School in both ELA and math proficiency.

551
Students ?
9.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$38,625
Per pupil spending ?
78.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 155 Talbot Avenue
       Dorchester, MA  02124

(617) 635-8687

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

African American:
47.9%
Hispanic:
41.7%
White:
3.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (8% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school8%
District avg27%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
889th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 23 pts since 2015
From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Massachusetts Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
470th of 484
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 25 pts since 2015
From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Massachusetts Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
61st of 65Elementary Schools in the Boston
298th of 348Boston among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20255.5889 of 9061.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.1906 of 9161.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.5925 of 9280.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.3921 of 9321.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.1869 of 9367.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.3906 of 9423.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.6883 of 9345.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.0864 of 9387.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201618.8795 of 93214.7%★☆☆☆☆
201530.5684 of 91425.2%★☆☆☆☆
201414.7819 of 92611.6%★☆☆☆☆
201316.8796 of 92814.2%★☆☆☆☆
201215.4806 of 93013.3%★☆☆☆☆
201119.0777 of 92415.9%★☆☆☆☆
201034.3653 of 92029.0%★☆☆☆☆
200917.8781 of 90914.1%★☆☆☆☆
200822.4748 of 90817.6%★☆☆☆☆
20078.4844 of 9117.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20066.6871 of 9114.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20054.9860 of 8873.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20046.0843 of 8824.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20035.1842 of 8844.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202512.7166 of 1691.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.4164 of 1671.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.3167 of 1670.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.2167 of 1733.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.7141 of 16615.1%★☆☆☆☆
201913.8165 of 1724.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.8158 of 1749.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202218.2622 of 6727.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.6530 of 63216.1%★☆☆☆☆
201916.9631 of 6655.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.9587 of 65610.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202523.8264 of 2816.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.4239 of 28215.2%★☆☆☆☆
202327.4235 of 26411.0%★☆☆☆☆
202222.2258 of 2673.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.6243 of 2585.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201847.7102 of 24458.2%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20256.9852 of 8692.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.7876 of 8861.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.0872 of 8871.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.8889 of 9011.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.7851 of 8985.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.9851 of 9025.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.6836 of 8936.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.3389 of 45815.1%★☆☆☆☆
202422.7394 of 44611.7%★☆☆☆☆
202313.6414 of 4201.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.0392 of 4012.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202135.8233 of 37938.5%★★☆☆☆
201924.2335 of 39815.8%★☆☆☆☆
201824.1323 of 37914.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202513.4700 of 7364.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.9747 of 7601.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.2755 of 7570.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.7763 of 7721.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.0652 of 7057.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.5686 of 7002.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.2641 of 6856.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20256.5860 of 8842.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.6874 of 8911.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.3895 of 8960.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.2894 of 9081.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.2821 of 9049.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.8893 of 9071.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.2850 of 8985.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
201918.126 of 3116.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202517.1673 of 7176.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.8715 of 7312.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.6687 of 7032.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.1897 of 9050.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.9836 of 8946.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.7880 of 8961.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.8830 of 8866.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202113.7807 of 92512.8%★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202123.8305 of 39923.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20257.7470 of 4842.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.9477 of 4933.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.1492 of 5011.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.1484 of 4972.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.4460 of 5018.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.4449 of 4989.8%★☆☆☆☆
201810.1445 of 4848.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.8450 of 4877.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201615.5422 of 48212.4%★☆☆☆☆
201532.6317 of 44128.1%★☆☆☆☆
201431.0331 of 45527.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202513.2200 of 2062.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.5195 of 2023.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.6206 of 2091.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.8206 of 2122.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.4159 of 19317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201921.5172 of 19511.8%★☆☆☆☆
201822.8150 of 17212.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202217.9433 of 4452.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202127.4316 of 43126.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.3336 of 42420.8%★☆☆☆☆
201820.5374 of 41710.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202235.6121 of 15421.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.3443 of 4736.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.9471 of 4812.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.1480 of 4891.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.8487 of 4941.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.8440 of 4838.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.7435 of 4789.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.7431 of 4636.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202522.7313 of 37616.8%★☆☆☆☆
202415.7358 of 3785.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.6322 of 36411.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.9359 of 3682.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.4246 of 33526.6%★☆☆☆☆
201938.0203 of 32237.0%★★☆☆☆
201826.1247 of 30920.1%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202512.5440 of 4645.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.9455 of 4693.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.1467 of 4812.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.1483 of 4891.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.6411 of 46211.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.0412 of 4528.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.5356 of 43818.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20256.9462 of 4732.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.5466 of 4833.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4482 of 4891.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.4485 of 4972.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.9458 of 4855.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.0435 of 4789.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.1428 of 4668.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202520.9401 of 4357.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.1409 of 4417.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.1424 of 4444.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.4495 of 5031.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.7449 of 4898.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.8438 of 4849.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.3392 of 46716.1%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202112.9435 of 49111.4%★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202121.6285 of 33915.9%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Tested Remotely (2021)24th percentile+16 vs school
Multi-racial (2019)16th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2025)15th percentile+13 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)13th percentile+6 vs school
Disabled (2022)7th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2022)21st percentile+19 vs school
Hispanic (2025)17th percentile+14 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)16th percentile+8 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)11th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2025)8th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)6th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school
African American (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Civics10%-29 vs state
English Language Arts10%-32 vs state
Science9%-33 vs state
Mathematics6%-35 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 551 students attended Lee K-8 School.

Lee K-8 School ranks in the bottom 1.9% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at Lee K-8 School are 48% African American, 42% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% Two or more races, 3% Asian.


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