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Mario Umana Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
861st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Mario Umana Academy is a PK–8 school at 312 Border Street in East Boston, part of Boston Public Schools, serving 634 students. On 2025–26 MCAS tests, 7.78% of students met expectations in ELA, 8.91% in math, and 10.24% in science. That places the school at 861st of 899 ranked Massachusetts schools—the 4th percentile, with 0 stars. It trails the Boston district by about 20 points in each subject and the state by about 30 points. Across eleven years of rank data, Umana has never exceeded the 11th percentile, and every ranked year since 2016–17 has been between the 1st and 6th percentile.

Umana is the lowest-performing tested school nearby. Three schools within half a mile—O'Donnell Elementary School, Otis Elementary School, and Alighieri Dante Montessori School—post proficiency rates two to seven times higher. McKay K-8 School, the closest structural peer by enrollment and grade span, is also near the bottom but beats Umana by 6–8 points in every tested subject. Resources do not appear to be the main difference: Umana spent $26,091 per pupil in 2020–21 with a 10.0 student–teacher ratio, while Eliot K-8 Innovation School reaches the 94th percentile on roughly $6,000 less per pupil and a higher 13.3:1 ratio.

The clearest bright spot is the English Language Learner subgroup, which ranks in the 70th percentile with 4 stars—up from 24th in 2024–25 and 9th in 2023–24. However, the school's small rank “improvement” reflects a shrinking comparison pool more than rising achievement, since actual ELA proficiency fell and math and science were essentially flat. Weakness is concentrated in middle grades: 4th grade is the high-water mark, while 7th and 8th grade collapse, with 8th grade at 2.82% in ELA, 1.41% in math, and 2.82% in civics. Science is the least-bad subject; civics is the worst. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, so poverty context cannot be confirmed, but the low-SES subgroup ranks in the 8th percentile. Overall, Umana is a persistently bottom-decile school whose most actionable signals are its strong ELL results and its severe middle-grades decline.

634
Students ?
10.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$35,059
Per pupil spending ?
84.4%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.
96%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2025-26)
Exemptions: 4% (any vaccine)
 312 Border Street
       East Boston, MA  02128

(617) 635-8481

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
92.7%
White:
3.0%
African American:
3.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2016 → 4th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (8% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school8%
District avg29%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
861st of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 11% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
469th of 478
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 11 pts since 2016
From bottom 13% (2016) to bottom 2% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Massachusetts Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
56th 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
20268.3861 of 8994.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.9877 of 9063.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.1886 of 9163.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4912 of 9281.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.7916 of 9321.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.4927 of 9361.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.4887 of 9425.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.6884 of 9345.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.9890 of 9385.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201615.0833 of 93210.6%★☆☆☆☆
201518.8770 of 91415.8%★☆☆☆☆
201417.8789 of 92614.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
201917.4627 of 6655.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.7485 of 65626.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202654.986 of 29170.4%★★★★☆
202531.1214 of 28123.8%★☆☆☆☆
202425.0257 of 2828.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.4217 of 26417.8%★☆☆☆☆
202234.6176 of 26734.1%★★☆☆☆
202128.8215 of 24010.4%★☆☆☆☆
201944.4118 of 25854.3%★★★☆☆
201840.6130 of 24446.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202610.8810 of 8696.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.0829 of 8694.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.8860 of 8862.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.0863 of 8872.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.6874 of 9013.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.3877 of 8982.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.9867 of 9023.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.2853 of 8934.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202623.3414 of 47512.8%★☆☆☆☆
202519.3415 of 4589.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.1387 of 44613.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.1402 of 4204.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.5384 of 4014.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.8363 of 3794.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.5332 of 39816.6%★☆☆☆☆
201826.7308 of 37918.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202618.4679 of 7428.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.5721 of 7362.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.7739 of 7602.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.1747 of 7571.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.1759 of 7721.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.5689 of 7052.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.2638 of 7008.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.8612 of 68510.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20268.4846 of 8793.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.1857 of 8843.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0868 of 8912.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4885 of 8961.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.2895 of 9081.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.2897 of 9040.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.8838 of 9077.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.3840 of 8986.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202619.1655 of 7097.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202529.9515 of 71728.2%★☆☆☆☆
202421.0626 of 73114.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1626 of 70311.0%★☆☆☆☆
20227.9893 of 9051.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.8878 of 8941.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.5816 of 8968.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.7781 of 88611.9%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20216.5904 of 9252.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202111.6391 of 3992.0%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20266.3469 of 4781.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.2473 of 4842.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.5473 of 4934.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.5475 of 5015.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.8460 of 4977.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.5431 of 50114.0%★☆☆☆☆
201912.0444 of 49810.8%★☆☆☆☆
201810.3442 of 4848.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201718.9399 of 48718.1%★☆☆☆☆
201615.9418 of 48213.3%★☆☆☆☆
201511.7392 of 44111.1%★☆☆☆☆
201415.9388 of 45514.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202230.6295 of 44533.7%★★☆☆☆
202125.2345 of 43120.0%★☆☆☆☆
201926.4318 of 42425.0%★☆☆☆☆
201829.5296 of 41729.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202644.876 of 19360.6%★★★☆☆
202538.9104 of 18142.5%★★☆☆☆
202437.8118 of 18034.4%★★☆☆☆
202336.1112 of 15527.7%★☆☆☆☆
202244.358 of 15462.3%★★★☆☆
202148.539 of 13571.1%★★★★☆
201952.639 of 13871.7%★★★★☆
201847.542 of 12766.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20267.2454 of 4683.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.6464 of 4731.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.9465 of 4813.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.5460 of 4895.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.7451 of 4948.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.7407 of 48315.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.0444 of 4787.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.4437 of 4635.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202612.8370 of 3833.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.3355 of 3765.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.8350 of 3787.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.3341 of 3646.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.8333 of 3689.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202130.0242 of 33527.8%★☆☆☆☆
201929.5242 of 32224.8%★☆☆☆☆
201826.3243 of 30921.4%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202533.933 of 4221.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20269.5448 of 4612.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.1448 of 4643.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.9440 of 4696.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.6451 of 4816.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.1454 of 4897.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202124.7378 of 46218.2%★☆☆☆☆
201921.8384 of 45215.0%★☆☆☆☆
201817.0398 of 4389.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20266.4463 of 4701.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.6450 of 4734.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0464 of 4833.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.1470 of 4893.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.9472 of 4975.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.0437 of 4859.9%★☆☆☆☆
201913.8421 of 47811.9%★☆☆☆☆
201810.9430 of 4667.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202621.7382 of 43612.4%★☆☆☆☆
202214.8458 of 5038.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202127.5382 of 48921.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.2411 of 48415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201822.5402 of 46713.9%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20219.8454 of 4917.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202131.2233 of 33931.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20222.4404 of 4040.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.9378 of 3954.3%☆☆☆☆☆
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)70th percentile+66 vs school
Hispanic (2026)13th percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2026)8th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile+3 vs school
Disabled (2019)6th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
Tested In Person (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Tested Remotely (2021)2nd percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)61st percentile+59 vs school
Disabled (2022)34th percentile+26 vs school
Tested Remotely (2021)31st percentile+17 vs school
Homeless (2025)21st percentile+19 vs school
Special Education (2026)12th percentile+11 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)8th percentile-6 vs school
Hispanic (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
White (2022)<1st percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Science10%-31 vs state
Mathematics9%-32 vs state
English Language Arts8%-32 vs state
Civics3%-37 vs state

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Students at Mario Umana Academy are 93% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 634 students attended Mario Umana Academy.

Mario Umana Academy ranks in the bottom 4.2% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

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