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Grew Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
462nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 49% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Grew Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hyde Park, MA, serving 197 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Boston school district, which is ranked 298 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Grew Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 462-839 out of around 900 schools.

Grew Elementary School's proficiency rates on the MCAS Next Generation assessments are generally lower than the state and Boston district averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rate in English Language Arts for all grades was 42.16%, compared to the state average of 41.53% and the Boston district average of 29.27%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 35.29%, compared to the state average of 40.74% and the Boston district average of 27.68%. The school's performance is particularly weak in 6th grade Mathematics, with only 12.5% proficient compared to the state average of 41.25%. While the school performs relatively well for its African American and Hispanic student subgroups, it struggles with its overall female, male, and special education student subgroups, ranking in the bottom half of the state. The school's low-income student subgroup also performs poorly, ranking in the bottom quarter of the state in recent years.

Grew Elementary School performs similarly or slightly better than other nearby Boston public elementary schools, such as Bates, Beethoven, Mattahunt, and Channing. However, it lags significantly behind the performance of Tucker Elementary School in the neighboring Milton school district, which is a higher-performing school. The Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, located less than half a mile from Grew Elementary, also outperforms Grew on most metrics.

198
Students ?
9.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$34,110
Per pupil spending ?
69.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 40 Gordon Avenue
       Hyde Park, MA  02136

(617) 635-8715

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
42.4%
African American:
36.9%
White:
11.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2015 → 49th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 41 percentile points since 2015
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school41%
District avg28%
Massachusetts avg41%
462nd of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 49%▲ up 41 pts since 2015
From bottom 8% (2015) to bottom 49% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
17th 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202549.2462 of 90649.0%★★☆☆☆
202420.4736 of 91619.7%★☆☆☆☆
202331.8641 of 92830.9%★★☆☆☆
202227.2683 of 93226.7%★☆☆☆☆
202131.0658 of 93629.7%★☆☆☆☆
201926.3734 of 94222.1%★☆☆☆☆
201818.2802 of 93414.1%★☆☆☆☆
201719.8786 of 93816.2%★☆☆☆☆
201621.1774 of 93217.0%★☆☆☆☆
201512.0839 of 9148.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201410.1861 of 9267.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20134.7899 of 9283.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20123.4913 of 9301.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20117.2881 of 9244.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.9857 of 9206.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200912.1822 of 9099.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.3875 of 9083.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.3867 of 9114.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.2858 of 9115.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20056.7847 of 8874.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20047.2833 of 8825.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20039.5801 of 8849.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202560.150 of 16970.4%★★★★☆
202366.238 of 16777.2%★★★★☆
202230.2131 of 17324.3%★☆☆☆☆
202154.755 of 16666.9%★★★☆☆
201966.338 of 17277.9%★★★★☆
201851.572 of 17458.6%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202557.1374 of 86957.0%★★★☆☆
202433.9592 of 88633.2%★★☆☆☆
202229.0646 of 90128.3%★☆☆☆☆
202137.1589 of 89834.4%★★☆☆☆
201934.0636 of 90229.5%★☆☆☆☆
201818.4770 of 89313.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202566.291 of 45880.1%★★★★☆
202432.1324 of 44627.4%★☆☆☆☆
202264.484 of 40179.1%★★★★☆
202166.970 of 37981.5%★★★★☆
201948.2198 of 39850.3%★★★☆☆
201830.5291 of 37923.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202556.5270 of 73663.3%★★★☆☆
202418.5701 of 7607.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202342.5440 of 75741.9%★★☆☆☆
202245.0422 of 77245.3%★★☆☆☆
202156.5270 of 70561.7%★★★☆☆
201943.5407 of 70041.9%★★☆☆☆
201836.4490 of 68528.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202540.3534 of 88439.6%★★☆☆☆
202424.1689 of 89122.7%★☆☆☆☆
202330.5638 of 89628.8%★☆☆☆☆
202228.5664 of 90826.9%★☆☆☆☆
202124.0692 of 90423.5%★☆☆☆☆
201917.9783 of 90713.7%★☆☆☆☆
201822.7733 of 89818.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202240.2555 of 90538.7%★★☆☆☆
202147.7446 of 89450.1%★★★☆☆
201943.6525 of 89641.4%★★☆☆☆
201835.3636 of 88628.2%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202139.0575 of 92537.8%★★☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202132.2252 of 39936.8%★★☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2025)80th percentile+31 vs school
African American (2025)70th percentile+21 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile+14 vs school
Female (2025)57th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)40th percentile-9 vs school
Special Education (2022)39th percentile+12 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)38th percentile+8 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)37th percentile+7 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Science59%+18 vs state
English Language Arts42%~ state avg
Mathematics35%-5 vs state

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Grew Elementary School ranks 462nd of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Grew Elementary School are 42% Hispanic, 37% African American, 11% White, 9% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 198 students attended Grew Elementary School.


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