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Gardner Pilot Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-6
781st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 13% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Gardner Pilot Academy is a Boston public elementary school at 30 Athol Street in Allston, serving grades PK–6 with 364 students. In 2025–2026, Gardner Pilot Academy ranked 781 of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools — the 13th percentile, or 1 star — down from its recent high of the 31st percentile in 2021–2022. On the 2025–2026 MCAS, 19.05% of students met expectations in ELA, 20.00% in math, and 25.00% in science, all below the Boston district and state averages. At every tested grade level, results trailed both the district and the state; 3rd-grade ELA (12.82%) and 3rd- and 6th-grade math (17.95%) were the lowest.

The most useful comparison for families is Winship Elementary School, which is also in Boston, also serves PK–6, and enrolls a similar 353 students with nearly identical per-student spending ($27,301 vs. $27,615). Gardner even has a smaller student-teacher ratio, yet Winship's proficiency rates are far higher — 54.71% in ELA, 48.52% in math, and 47.73% in science — and Winship ranks at the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Nearby schools in Cambridge and Brookline also generally outperform Gardner by wide margins, from the 57th percentile at Haggerty up to the 93rd percentile at Florida Ruffin Ridley School. Meanwhile, Lyon Elementary School in Boston spends much more per student ($41,336) with smaller classes, but Gardner's scores are slightly higher in ELA and math and much higher in science. These patterns suggest spending and class size alone do not explain the differences.

Within the school, results vary by group. Gardner's English Language Learner students rank at the 46th percentile, well above the school's overall standing and its clearest relative strength. Its special education students rank 696 of 709 — the 2nd percentile — and male students rank at the 8th percentile, both declining in recent years. Low-income students also rank low. Families should note that reported per-student spending is from 2020–2021 and student-teacher ratios from 2024–2025, so they may not reflect current conditions.

364
Students ?
9.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$35,971
Per pupil spending ?
74.7%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.
97%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2025-26)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 30 Athol Street
       Allston, MA  02134

(617) 635-8365

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.6%
African American:
13.7%
White:
12.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (20% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg29%
Massachusetts avg41%
781st of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 13%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
41st of 63Elementary Schools in the Boston
299th 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202615.4781 of 89913.1%★☆☆☆☆
202519.4746 of 90617.7%★☆☆☆☆
202425.2693 of 91624.3%★☆☆☆☆
202324.4696 of 92825.0%★☆☆☆☆
202231.7644 of 93230.9%★★☆☆☆
202120.6740 of 93620.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.8838 of 94211.0%★☆☆☆☆
20187.3898 of 9343.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.2886 of 9385.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201616.3817 of 93212.3%★☆☆☆☆
201516.2797 of 91412.8%★☆☆☆☆
20149.4869 of 9266.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.3851 of 9288.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201216.0794 of 93014.6%★☆☆☆☆
201114.2812 of 92412.1%★☆☆☆☆
201018.6789 of 92014.2%★☆☆☆☆
200918.7774 of 90914.9%★☆☆☆☆
200817.3782 of 90813.9%★☆☆☆☆
200714.0810 of 91111.1%★☆☆☆☆
200612.2824 of 9119.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200514.4781 of 88712.0%★☆☆☆☆
20049.5807 of 8828.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20037.1827 of 8846.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202239.2375 of 67244.2%★★☆☆☆
202130.5438 of 63230.7%★★☆☆☆
201917.9617 of 6657.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.9604 of 6567.9%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202640.5156 of 29146.4%★★☆☆☆
202530.7219 of 28122.1%★☆☆☆☆
202434.0192 of 28231.9%★★☆☆☆
202347.399 of 26462.5%★★★☆☆
202255.465 of 26775.7%★★★★☆
202141.7111 of 24053.8%★★★☆☆
201943.3125 of 25851.6%★★★☆☆
201829.0189 of 24422.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202623.2684 of 86921.3%★☆☆☆☆
202527.0641 of 86926.2%★☆☆☆☆
202435.9569 of 88635.8%★★☆☆☆
202323.6689 of 88722.3%★☆☆☆☆
202233.5604 of 90133.0%★★☆☆☆
202121.0713 of 89820.6%★☆☆☆☆
201915.3803 of 90211.0%★☆☆☆☆
20186.8863 of 8933.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202623.7410 of 47513.7%★☆☆☆☆
202531.3335 of 45826.9%★☆☆☆☆
202439.6261 of 44641.5%★★☆☆☆
202340.7242 of 42042.4%★★☆☆☆
202252.3134 of 40166.6%★★★☆☆
202137.0223 of 37941.2%★★☆☆☆
201933.0294 of 39826.1%★☆☆☆☆
201824.2322 of 37915.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202622.2646 of 74212.9%★☆☆☆☆
202530.0565 of 73623.2%★☆☆☆☆
202434.7536 of 76029.5%★☆☆☆☆
202338.7490 of 75735.3%★★☆☆☆
202249.3369 of 77252.2%★★★☆☆
202132.5496 of 70529.6%★☆☆☆☆
201929.6549 of 70021.6%★☆☆☆☆
201815.9643 of 6856.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202612.1809 of 8798.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.9738 of 88416.5%★☆☆☆☆
202418.8743 of 89116.6%★☆☆☆☆
202323.6697 of 89622.2%★☆☆☆☆
202227.5673 of 90825.9%★☆☆☆☆
202119.4736 of 90418.6%★☆☆☆☆
201920.3759 of 90716.3%★☆☆☆☆
201811.0836 of 8986.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202614.6696 of 7091.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.1681 of 7175.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.1654 of 73110.5%★☆☆☆☆
202246.1484 of 90546.5%★★☆☆☆
202129.4666 of 89425.5%★☆☆☆☆
201930.7680 of 89624.1%★☆☆☆☆
201814.4848 of 8864.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202119.5742 of 92519.8%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202525.9350 of 48427.7%★☆☆☆☆
202427.8345 of 49330.0%★★☆☆☆
202340.0285 of 50143.1%★★☆☆☆
202234.5315 of 49736.6%★★☆☆☆
202122.1389 of 50122.4%★☆☆☆☆
20197.4466 of 4986.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.6371 of 48423.3%★☆☆☆☆
201714.1424 of 48712.9%★☆☆☆☆
201628.4360 of 48225.3%★☆☆☆☆
201518.4371 of 44115.9%★☆☆☆☆
201411.7407 of 45510.5%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202140.2229 of 43146.9%★★☆☆☆
201918.0394 of 4247.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201848.3174 of 41758.3%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202169.811 of 13591.9%★★★★★
201943.957 of 13858.7%★★★☆☆
201835.988 of 12730.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202519.3392 of 47317.1%★☆☆☆☆
202433.5305 of 48136.6%★★☆☆☆
202334.3316 of 48935.4%★★☆☆☆
202238.6292 of 49440.9%★★☆☆☆
202126.5356 of 48326.3%★☆☆☆☆
20195.1462 of 4783.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.7366 of 46321.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202544.7178 of 37652.7%★★★☆☆
202441.1193 of 37848.9%★★☆☆☆
202361.0111 of 36469.5%★★★★☆
202245.5173 of 36853.0%★★★☆☆
202139.4189 of 33543.6%★★☆☆☆
201917.6291 of 3229.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201837.4199 of 30935.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202540.1266 of 46442.7%★★☆☆☆
202440.8257 of 46945.2%★★☆☆☆
202366.1124 of 48174.2%★★★★☆
202251.0204 of 48958.3%★★★☆☆
202137.4290 of 46237.2%★★☆☆☆
201914.7418 of 4527.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201839.9284 of 43835.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202534.2294 of 47337.8%★★☆☆☆
202423.2368 of 48323.8%★☆☆☆☆
202341.7276 of 48943.6%★★☆☆☆
202227.1361 of 49727.4%★☆☆☆☆
202118.9395 of 48518.6%★☆☆☆☆
201913.6423 of 47811.5%★☆☆☆☆
201826.6345 of 46626.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202537.8227 of 43547.8%★★☆☆☆
202252.5196 of 50361.0%★★★☆☆
202140.3274 of 48944.0%★★☆☆☆
201913.8450 of 4847.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201836.8315 of 46732.5%★★☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202123.8373 of 49124.0%★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202130.5237 of 33930.1%★★☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2026)46th percentile+33 vs school
Disabled (2022)44th percentile+13 vs school
Female (2026)21st percentile+8 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)20th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)14th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile~ school
Male (2026)8th percentile-5 vs school
Special Education (2026)2nd percentile-11 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2021)92nd percentile+69 vs school
Hispanic (2025)53rd percentile+25 vs school
Special Education (2025)48th percentile+20 vs school
Disabled (2021)47th percentile+25 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+15 vs school
Male (2025)38th percentile+10 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)30th percentile+8 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)24th percentile~ school
Female (2025)17th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Science25%-16 vs state
Mathematics20%-21 vs state
English Language Arts19%-21 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Open Quote The school needs more attention regarding bullying and putting more attention to the students complaints.
The school doesn’t take immediate action when a parent have an issue regarding their kids. Specially when children are being bother by another student. Close Quote


by a citizen
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Open Quote This school is a well kept secret. The teachers are amazing, they have an enrichment program every week with professional artists giving them tools that they'll have for a lifetime of learning. Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 364 students attended Gardner Pilot Academy.

Gardner Pilot Academy ranks in the bottom 13.1% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students at Gardner Pilot Academy are 65% Hispanic, 14% African American, 12% White, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

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