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Young Achievers K-8 School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
861st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Young Achievers K-8 School is a public elementary school located in Mattapan, MA that serves 466 students in grades PK-8. Despite its relatively low student-teacher ratio and high per-student spending, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Massachusetts elementary schools over the past several years, with a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Young Achievers K-8 School significantly underperforms the state and Boston district averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments across all grades and subjects. In 2024-2025, only 12.65% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts compared to 41.53% statewide and 29.27% in Boston. In math, only 8.71% were proficient compared to 40.74% statewide and 27.68% in Boston. The school's performance has been consistently low, with proficiency rates typically in the single digits or low teens, particularly in 7th and 8th grade.

While the nearby Mattahunt Elementary, Haley Pilot School, and Mildred Avenue K-8 School also perform poorly on state assessments, they generally outperform Young Achievers K-8 School. Additionally, despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and high per-student spending, these resources have not translated into improved academic outcomes for students.

489
Students ?
10.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$34,610
Per pupil spending ?
74.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 20 Outlook Road
       Mattapan, MA  02126

(617) 635-6804

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.8%
African American:
42.3%
American Indian:
1.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (10% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school10%
District avg27%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
861st of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 12 pts since 2015
From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
465th of 484
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
54th 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
20258.7861 of 9065.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.4855 of 9166.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7888 of 9284.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.2908 of 9322.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.5910 of 9362.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.6916 of 9422.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.2869 of 9347.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201712.8845 of 9389.9%★☆☆☆☆
201612.9845 of 9329.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201520.8758 of 91417.1%★☆☆☆☆
201416.4807 of 92612.9%★☆☆☆☆
201312.0836 of 9289.9%★☆☆☆☆
20123.7909 of 9302.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20114.4906 of 9241.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201014.0814 of 92011.5%★☆☆☆☆
200922.0751 of 90917.4%★☆☆☆☆
200831.6673 of 90825.9%★☆☆☆☆
200731.0692 of 91124.0%★☆☆☆☆
200623.9735 of 91119.3%★☆☆☆☆
200512.7792 of 88710.7%★☆☆☆☆
200417.5739 of 88216.2%★☆☆☆☆
20035.9835 of 8845.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.1135 of 16920.1%★☆☆☆☆
202444.483 of 16750.3%★★★☆☆
202327.3133 of 16720.4%★☆☆☆☆
202220.3162 of 1736.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.6145 of 16612.7%★☆☆☆☆
201926.8143 of 17216.9%★☆☆☆☆
201837.1115 of 17433.9%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202217.3632 of 6726.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.7576 of 6328.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.9618 of 6657.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.1522 of 65620.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.2261 of 2817.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202432.4203 of 28228.0%★☆☆☆☆
202339.8154 of 26441.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.7160 of 26740.1%★★☆☆☆
202131.1201 of 24016.3%★☆☆☆☆
201929.3196 of 25824.0%★☆☆☆☆
201831.5173 of 24429.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.3818 of 8695.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.3783 of 88611.6%★☆☆☆☆
202312.1809 of 8878.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.0865 of 9014.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.7866 of 8983.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.6875 of 9023.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.3823 of 8937.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202526.5371 of 45819.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.2417 of 4466.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.8370 of 42011.9%★☆☆☆☆
202221.5366 of 4018.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.5352 of 3797.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.5376 of 3985.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201832.0283 of 37925.3%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202128.312 of 1729.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.6688 of 7366.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.3688 of 7609.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.3710 of 7576.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.1745 of 7723.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.9688 of 7052.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.9669 of 7004.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.5616 of 68510.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20259.1837 of 8845.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.3839 of 8915.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.5877 of 8962.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.6899 of 9081.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.9882 of 9042.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.3885 of 9072.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.6838 of 8986.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202514.3710 of 7171.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.2665 of 7319.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.9693 of 7031.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.8879 of 9052.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.4874 of 8942.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.8872 of 8962.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.4820 of 8867.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20216.8902 of 9252.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202113.6380 of 3994.8%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20258.1465 of 4843.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.2466 of 4935.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.7494 of 5011.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.6492 of 4971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.2485 of 5013.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.0483 of 4983.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.1421 of 48413.0%★☆☆☆☆
201716.1415 of 48714.8%★☆☆☆☆
201618.2410 of 48214.9%★☆☆☆☆
201512.5389 of 44111.8%★☆☆☆☆
20148.6420 of 4557.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20138.2417 of 4558.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20127.7422 of 4557.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201111.2399 of 44911.1%★☆☆☆☆
20106.6409 of 4345.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200950.3224 of 40945.2%★★☆☆☆
200832.2290 of 40728.7%★☆☆☆☆
200728.1309 of 39922.6%★☆☆☆☆
200640.2265 of 39933.6%★★☆☆☆
200530.5271 of 35623.9%★☆☆☆☆
200432.6250 of 34427.3%★☆☆☆☆
200311.4305 of 33910.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.8193 of 2066.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.7179 of 20211.4%★☆☆☆☆
20237.1209 of 2090.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.7211 of 2120.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.7178 of 1937.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.3190 of 1952.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.9139 of 17219.2%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202217.9434 of 4452.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.4409 of 4315.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.1371 of 42412.5%★☆☆☆☆
201839.2219 of 41747.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202530.0172 of 1815.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202441.384 of 18053.3%★★★☆☆
202348.050 of 15567.7%★★★☆☆
202233.2151 of 1541.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202132.6112 of 13517.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20255.7468 of 4731.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.1436 of 4819.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8476 of 4892.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.1488 of 4941.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.4464 of 4833.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.6470 of 4781.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.9418 of 4639.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202518.4346 of 3768.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.9357 of 3785.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.9347 of 3644.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.2356 of 3683.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.0321 of 3354.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.9289 of 32210.2%★☆☆☆☆
201842.4175 of 30943.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202514.0431 of 4647.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.0435 of 4697.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8471 of 4812.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.6485 of 4890.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.0444 of 4623.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.1437 of 4523.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.1392 of 43810.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.2442 of 4736.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6465 of 4833.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.2488 of 4890.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.3494 of 4970.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.1472 of 4852.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.3465 of 4782.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.3407 of 46612.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.7427 of 4351.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.7431 of 4442.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.3498 of 5031.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.2473 of 4893.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.4472 of 4842.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.9393 of 46715.8%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20217.9469 of 4914.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202111.0332 of 3392.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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
Homeless (2021)29th percentile+27 vs school
African American (2025)20th percentile+15 vs school
Hispanic (2025)19th percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)6th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)6th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
Tested Remotely (2021)5th percentile~ school
Tested In Person (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2025)6th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)5th percentile~ school
Tested In Person (2021)4th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Tested Remotely (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts13%-29 vs state
Science10%-32 vs state
Mathematics9%-32 vs state
Civics3%-36 vs state

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Students at Young Achievers K-8 School are 54% Hispanic, 42% African American, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

Young Achievers K-8 School ranks in the bottom 5.0% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 489 students attended Young Achievers K-8 School.


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