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English High School

Public Grades 7-12

335^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 353 Massachusetts High Schools

Better than 5% of Massachusetts high schools

Summary

English High School is a grades 7–12 school with 720 students in the Boston district at 144 McBride Street in Boston, MA. In 2025–2026 it ranked 335 of 353 schools (5th percentile, 0 stars), while the district ranked 299 of 351 (15th percentile, 1 star). All-grade MCAS proficiency was 9.89% in English language arts, 4.35% in math, and 4.26% in science, compared with Boston rates of 29.41%, 29.12%, and 24.94% and state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. Tenth-grade results show the same pattern.

Graduation improved to 86.6% in 2024–2025, above Boston’s 81.3% and above Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Albert D Holland School of Technology, Greater Egleston High School, Community Academy, and Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School. However, the dropout rate rose to 11.5%, above Boston’s 8.8% and above Fenway High School, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Albert D Holland School of Technology, Margarita Muniz Academy, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann, and Boston Latin Academy. Science proficiency also fell from 21.95% in 2022–2023 to 4.26% in 2025–2026.

Locally, English is below Fenway High School, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann, Margarita Muniz Academy, Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, and Boston Latin Academy on most academic measures, but above Albert D Holland School of Technology in recent scores and graduation. The English language learner subgroup ranked 57 of 105 (46th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026 and reached the 65th percentile in 2024–2025, and special education also ranked above the school overall. Low-income and homeless students ranked in the bottom few percentiles. Resources are relatively favorable—a 10.1 student-teacher ratio and $31,713 per student in 2020–2021, higher than Fenway High School, Margarita Muniz Academy, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann, Boston Latin Academy, and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School—but proficiency remains among the lowest in the comparison group. Families should weigh the stronger graduation rate and ELL/special education relative strengths against very low test scores and a rising dropout rate. Boston Latin Academy is selective, so intake differences matter.

720

Students ?

10.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$35,448

Per pupil spending ?

85.4%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.

144 McBride Street
Boston, MA 02130

(617) 635-8979

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.8%

African American:

27.6%

White:

3.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2016 → 5th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (8% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 37 pts below the Massachusetts average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school8%

District avg28%

Massachusetts avg40%

Middle school

465^th of 478

Massachusetts public middle schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 11 pts since 2023

From bottom 14% (2023) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

335^th of 353

Massachusetts public high schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 21High Schools in the Boston

299^th of 351Boston 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)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	7.3	465 of 478	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.8	467 of 484	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	458 of 493	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.7	431 of 501	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	10.2	212 of 215	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	23.7	172 of 206	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.6	138 of 209	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	30.2	168 of 193	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.5	167 of 181	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	5.1	463 of 468	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.2	447 of 473	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.8	478 of 481	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.7	435 of 489	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	13.9	365 of 383	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.6	372 of 376	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	361 of 378	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	343 of 364	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	7.9	452 of 461	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.4	458 of 464	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	463 of 469	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	434 of 481	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	431 of 470	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.9	461 of 473	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	416 of 483	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	424 of 489	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	29.9	292 of 436	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.6	303 of 435	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	16.8	425 of 441	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	39.9	228 of 444	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	8.1	335 of 353	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.9	342 of 349	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.0	337 of 348	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	312 of 347	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	3.0	336 of 342	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	263 of 285	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.9	339 of 351	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.8	322 of 345	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	4.6	328 of 348	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.0	323 of 351	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.1	316 of 354	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	2.0	334 of 347	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	5.9	323 of 344	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.6	325 of 340	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.0	321 of 340	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	4.0	322 of 335	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.9	308 of 322	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	5.6	303 of 319	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	4.6	305 of 316	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	1.9	304 of 314	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	1.9	300 of 311	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	2.4	298 of 307	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	3.0	292 of 304	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	132 of 157	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	7.5	146 of 148	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	155 of 160	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	102 of 142	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	131 of 133	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.1	79 of 94	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	123 of 137	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	115 of 134	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	20.8	245 of 295	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	257 of 299	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.1	185 of 299	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	38.0	57 of 105	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	45.8	29 of 83	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.4	55 of 86	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.9	27 of 84	67.9%	★★★★☆
2022	49.6	22 of 77	71.4%	★★★★☆
2019	44.1	38 of 82	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.1	40 of 77	48.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	7.0	325 of 340	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.1	332 of 337	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	328 of 342	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	320 of 339	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.8	339 of 340	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.3	264 of 281	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.7	330 of 342	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	318 of 339	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	15.4	241 of 260	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.3	237 of 245	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	226 of 249	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	199 of 241	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	198 of 217	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	114 of 149	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	194 of 206	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	172 of 193	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	11.6	29 of 30	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	35.1	16 of 23	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	12.8	319 of 340	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.1	323 of 334	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	328 of 338	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	287 of 338	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.6	323 of 332	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	227 of 253	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.8	319 of 330	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	306 of 330	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	7.9	329 of 344	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.5	333 of 339	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.9	333 of 342	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	298 of 343	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.0	323 of 339	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.4	250 of 281	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	2.6	337 of 346	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.5	330 of 343	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	28.2	213 of 298	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.2	233 of 302	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	233 of 289	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	211 of 301	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	5.7	331 of 339	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.2	242 of 268	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	337 of 348	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.7	318 of 344	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Middle school

Special Education (2026)33rd percentile+30 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)13th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2026)8th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)1st percentile~ school

Female (2026)1st percentile~ school

High school

English Language Learner (2026)46th percentile+41 vs school

Special Education (2026)29th percentile+23 vs school

Disabled (2022)17th percentile+15 vs school

African American (2026)16th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2026)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)6th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Male (2026)4th percentile~ school

Homeless (2026)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

Physics11%-35 vs state

English Language Arts10%-30 vs state

Civics9%-31 vs state

Biology7%-31 vs state

Mathematics4%-37 vs state

Science4%-37 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)						MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)						MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Physics (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Physics End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
English High School	Public	7-12	144 McBride Street	Boston	02130	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8979	720	71	10.1	85.4%	23 (3.2%)	199 (27.6%)	474 (65.8%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.2%)	8.1	335^th of 353 public high schools	5.1%		4.9	342^nd of 349 public high schools	2.0%	7			13.3	6.5	10.2	9.9			2.2	6.4	9.5	4.4		4.3	6.7	4.3	7.1	11.1	9.1	$35,448
Margarita Muniz Academy	Public	7-12	20 Child Street	Boston	02130	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 470-6907	428	47	9.1	90.0%	3 (0.7%)	35 (8.2%)	388 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	13.9	310^th of 353 public high schools	12.2%		3.7	344^th of 349 public high schools	1.4%	34			9.5	11.0	22.1	10.3			1.4	2.5	6.0	1.9		3.8	17.0	3.8	17.7		6.2	$34,649
Community Academy	Public	10-12	25 Glen Road	Jamaica Plain	02130	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8950	58	11	5.4	87.9%	1 (1.7%)	27 (46.6%)	25 (43.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.6%)								(n/a)																				$49,355
Greater Egleston High School	Public	9-12	80 School Street	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6429	78	9	8.7	79.5%	0 (0.0%)	30 (38.5%)	42 (53.8%)	3 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)								(n/a)																				$38,360
Albert D Holland School of Technology	Public	7-12	60 Washington Street	Dorchester	02121	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9837	399	41	9.7	84.2%	11 (2.8%)	204 (51.1%)	160 (40.1%)	10 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	4.5	348^th of 353 public high schools	1.4%		6.5	334^th of 349 public high schools	4.3%	14			3.2	0.0	0.0	1.9			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0		3.6	2.3	$36,286
Boston Latin Academy	Public	7-12	205 Townsend Street	Dorchester	02121	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9957	1,693	95	17.8	48.1%	358 (21.1%)	443 (26.2%)	531 (31.4%)	256 (15.1%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	95 (5.6%)	69.4	104^th of 353 public high schools	70.5%		86.6	59^th of 349 public high schools	83.1%	45			64.5	64.5	59.0	64.5			50.6	55.2	62.9	52.8		45.8	43.6	45.8		43.8	57.3	$29,222
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	5-12	71 Proctor Street	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 858-2288	1,126	44	25.8	77.9%	13 (1.2%)	592 (52.6%)	460 (40.9%)	5 (0.4%)	17 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (3.4%)	22.5	282^nd of 353 public high schools	20.1%		23.1	272^nd of 349 public high schools	22.1%	10	23.5	24.6	22.5	30.1	20.5	25.4	25.0	39.5	23.6	42.7	17.6	33.7	27.4	21.4	32.3	23.4	20.4		13.8	$29,178
Fenway High School	Public	9-12	67 Alleghany St	Roxbury	02120	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9911	362	31	11.7	73.5%	26 (7.2%)	107 (29.6%)	210 (58.0%)	11 (3.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	17.9	299^th of 353 public high schools	15.3%		14.4	307^th of 349 public high schools	12.0%	8					29.4						22.4				13.5			9.2		$36,232
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann	Public, Charter	9-12	152 Arlington St	Boston	02116	Suffolk County	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8450	383	40	9.5	78.9%	13 (3.4%)	136 (35.5%)	215 (56.1%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	14.3	308^th of 353 public high schools	12.7%		13.2	311^th of 349 public high schools	10.9%	3					18.8						18.6				14.1		14.6			$36,694
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	20 Kearsarge Ave	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6789	323	30	10.9	78.6%	10 (3.1%)	168 (52.0%)	132 (40.9%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)								(n/a)					0.0						0.0									$29,730

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English High School ranks in the bottom 5.1% of Massachusetts high schools.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 720 students attended English High School.

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Students at English High School are 66% Hispanic, 28% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

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