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Hennigan K-8 School

Public Grades K-8
890th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Hennigan K-8 School is a public elementary school located in Jamaica Plain, MA, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 505 students. 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.

Hennigan K-8 School consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 879-914 out of 932-936 schools in recent years. The school's performance on MCAS Next Generation assessments is significantly below the state and Boston district averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 11.45% of Hennigan students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.53% statewide and 29.27% in Boston. The school's underperformance is particularly pronounced for certain student subgroups, such as African American students and students with disabilities.

Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average per-student spending, Hennigan K-8 School continues to struggle academically. This is in stark contrast to nearby schools like Curley K-8 School and Mendell Elementary School, which perform significantly better on MCAS assessments, with proficiency rates that are 20-30 percentage points higher than Hennigan's. The Brookline district's Pierce School, located just under a mile from Hennigan, consistently ranks among the top 5-10% of Massachusetts elementary schools, further highlighting the educational disparities in the area.

472
Students ?
9.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$34,544
Per pupil spending ?
79.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 200 Heath Street
       Jamaica Plain, MA  02130

(617) 635-8264

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
65.0%
African American:
27.3%
White:
3.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (9% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school9%
District avg27%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
890th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
453rd of 484
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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SchoolDigger rating ?
62nd 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
20255.4890 of 9061.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.0899 of 9161.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.4903 of 9282.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.8914 of 9321.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.7879 of 9366.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1883 of 9426.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.0881 of 9345.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201710.5871 of 9387.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201611.3859 of 9327.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.2836 of 9148.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20144.5900 of 9262.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.0859 of 9287.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.4878 of 9305.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20119.0858 of 9247.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20108.5860 of 9206.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20099.3840 of 9097.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.2852 of 9086.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200713.0817 of 91110.3%★☆☆☆☆
200620.8758 of 91116.8%★☆☆☆☆
200518.4743 of 88716.2%★☆☆☆☆
200411.1793 of 88210.1%★☆☆☆☆
200321.1719 of 88418.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202517.5161 of 1694.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.0165 of 1671.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.2164 of 1671.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.5164 of 1735.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202134.0111 of 16633.1%★★☆☆☆
201933.4124 of 17227.9%★☆☆☆☆
201838.7111 of 17436.2%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202215.1656 of 6722.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.6565 of 63210.6%★☆☆☆☆
201919.3600 of 6659.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.5508 of 65622.6%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.7228 of 28118.9%★☆☆☆☆
202434.1191 of 28232.3%★★☆☆☆
202336.9170 of 26435.6%★★☆☆☆
202233.3187 of 26730.0%★★☆☆☆
202127.6221 of 2407.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.2163 of 25836.8%★★☆☆☆
201840.2132 of 24445.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20258.5833 of 8694.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.4862 of 8862.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7855 of 8873.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.5884 of 9011.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.7865 of 8983.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.3839 of 9027.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.0845 of 8935.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202515.5437 of 4584.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.5414 of 4467.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.6379 of 4209.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.6372 of 4017.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202128.1298 of 37921.4%★☆☆☆☆
201921.4350 of 39812.1%★☆☆☆☆
201821.0339 of 37910.6%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
201916.315 of 1711.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20259.8719 of 7362.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.7743 of 7602.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.5724 of 7574.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.6742 of 7723.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.4622 of 70511.8%★☆☆☆☆
201916.8652 of 7006.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.2660 of 6853.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20254.9875 of 8841.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.0872 of 8912.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.3869 of 8963.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6888 of 9082.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.7814 of 90410.0%★☆☆☆☆
20199.1862 of 9075.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.7837 of 8986.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.4680 of 7175.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.0642 of 73112.2%★☆☆☆☆
202317.5661 of 7036.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.3882 of 9052.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.0818 of 8948.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.1843 of 8965.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.8853 of 8863.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20217.1898 of 9252.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202122.2313 of 39921.6%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20259.3453 of 4846.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.7482 of 4932.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.6489 of 5012.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.8480 of 4973.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.6453 of 5019.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.4453 of 4989.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.4453 of 4846.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201713.2430 of 48711.7%★☆☆☆☆
201610.0443 of 4828.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.8167 of 20618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202411.6198 of 2022.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.8200 of 2094.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.9189 of 21210.8%★☆☆☆☆
202134.6131 of 19332.1%★★☆☆☆
201931.9140 of 19528.2%★☆☆☆☆
201826.4133 of 17222.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202224.9352 of 44520.9%★☆☆☆☆
202129.4301 of 43130.2%★★☆☆☆
201922.8345 of 42418.6%★☆☆☆☆
201825.5333 of 41720.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202553.038 of 18179.0%★★★★☆
202438.8103 of 18042.8%★★☆☆☆
202332.6142 of 1558.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202240.985 of 15444.8%★★☆☆☆
202150.132 of 13576.3%★★★★☆
201951.440 of 13871.0%★★★★☆
201839.370 of 12744.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202513.4421 of 47311.0%★☆☆☆☆
20247.4468 of 4812.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.9484 of 4891.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.0477 of 4943.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.3434 of 48310.1%★☆☆☆☆
20199.3447 of 4786.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.4450 of 4632.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202519.3341 of 3769.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.1353 of 3786.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.7350 of 3643.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.5355 of 3683.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.0274 of 33518.2%★☆☆☆☆
201918.2287 of 32210.9%★☆☆☆☆
201825.4257 of 30916.8%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202414.135 of 362.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.126 of 260.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202515.8420 of 4649.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.0449 of 4694.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.1466 of 4813.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.8471 of 4893.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.0403 of 46212.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.2402 of 45211.1%★☆☆☆☆
201811.7422 of 4383.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20255.9466 of 4731.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.0471 of 4832.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.2473 of 4893.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.1488 of 4971.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.0444 of 4858.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.5424 of 47811.3%★☆☆☆☆
201812.2417 of 46610.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202521.4396 of 4359.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.4438 of 4410.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.1418 of 4445.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.3480 of 5034.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.5425 of 48913.1%★☆☆☆☆
201916.2444 of 4848.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.3445 of 4674.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20218.3468 of 4914.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202120.4291 of 33914.2%★☆☆☆☆
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)22nd percentile+15 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)19th percentile+17 vs school
Homeless (2019)12th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)4th percentile~ school
Tested In Person (2021)3rd percentile-3 vs school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)79th percentile+73 vs school
Disabled (2022)21st percentile+17 vs school
African American (2025)19th percentile+13 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)14th percentile+5 vs school
Female (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)5th percentile-5 vs school
Homeless (2024)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)1st percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Civics18%-21 vs state
English Language Arts11%-30 vs state
Mathematics6%-34 vs state
Science5%-37 vs state

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Hennigan K-8 School ranks in the bottom 1.8% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 472 students attended Hennigan K-8 School.

Students at Hennigan K-8 School are 65% Hispanic, 27% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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