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Alighieri Dante Montessori School

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Alighieri Dante Montessori School ranks 298 th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

298^th

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of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 67% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Alighieri Dante Montessori School is a small PK–6 elementary school in East Boston, part of Boston Public Schools, serving 109 students — the smallest school in its nearby comparison set. Its 2025–26 statewide rank is 298 out of 899 schools, placing it at the 67th percentile with 3 stars, far above the Boston district's overall rank of 299 out of 351 districts (15th percentile, 1 star). The school has climbed from the 15th percentile in 2021–22 to the 58th, 63rd, and 67th percentiles in 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26. Its student-teacher ratio is 9.3, and its most recent per-pupil spending figure is $27,401 in 2020–21.

On 2025–26 MCAS, Alighieri is above district and state averages: ELA 43.24% versus 29.41% district and 40.03% state; math 64.86% versus 29.12% and 41.11%; science 50.00% versus 24.94% and 40.98%. Math is the clearest strength — 23.75 points above the state and 35.74 points above the district. Among nearby schools with comparable data, Alighieri ranks second overall, behind only Eliot K-8 Innovation School, and ahead of Harvard-Kent Elementary School, Otis Elementary School, Adams Elementary School, Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School, O'Donnell Elementary School, McKay K-8 School, and Mario Umana Academy. Its math result is second only to Eliot's 67.06% and well ahead of Harvard-Kent's 54.86%; science is essentially tied with Eliot's 51.09% and above Harvard-Kent's 42.86%; ELA trails both.

Grade-level results are uneven, which is common in very small schools: 6th grade is strong (70% ELA, 80% math), 4th grade is strong in math (70%) but low in ELA (20%), and 5th grade is balanced. Alighieri does not report 3rd-grade MCAS results in this data, so its all-grade figures are driven by grades 4–6 and are not perfectly comparable to nearby PK–6 schools that include 3rd grade. Small cohorts support individualized instruction but can also make year-to-year changes reflect just a few students. Free/reduced-lunch percentages and recent subgroup ranks are not available, so economic context cannot be compared here.

109

Students ?

9.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$36,058

Per pupil spending ?

42.2%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.

100%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

37 Gove Street
East Boston, MA 02128

(617) 635-8529

District: Boston

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

56.9%

White:

33.0%

Asian:

3.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2019 → 67th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (54% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 51 percentile points since 2019

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Boston

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school54%

District avg29%

Massachusetts avg41%

298^th of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 33%▲ up 51 pts since 2019

From bottom 16% (2019) to top 33% (2026)

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★★★★★

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10^th of 63Elementary 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	66.4	298 of 899	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	64.4	332 of 906	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.9	381 of 916	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.5	615 of 928	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.3	789 of 932	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	64.9	338 of 936	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	19.4	795 of 942	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	39.0	573 of 905	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	66.7	315 of 925	65.9%	★★★☆☆

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)

Tested In Person (2021)66th percentile~ school

Special Education (2022)37th percentile+21 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics65%+24 vs state

Science50%+9 vs state

English Language Arts43%+3 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 Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Alighieri Dante Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	37 Gove Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8529	109	12	9.3	42.2%	36 (33.0%)	3 (2.8%)	62 (56.9%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	66.4	298^th of 899 public elementary schools	66.9%		64.4	332^nd of 906 public elementary schools	63.4%	34		20.0	40.0	70.0			43.2		70.0	40.0	80.0			64.9	50.0		50.0		100%	0%	$36,058
East Boston Early Education Center	Public	PK, KG-1	135 Grove Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6456	176	16	11.2	50.0%	45 (25.6%)	5 (2.8%)	113 (64.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.3%)								(n/a)																					$39,379
McKay K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	122 Cottage Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8510	640	67	9.5	76.7%	49 (7.7%)	21 (3.3%)	559 (87.3%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	10	842^nd of 899 public elementary schools	6.3%		4.5	897^th of 906 public elementary schools	1.0%	55	27.0	4.4	13.3	9.1	13.4	24.7	15.8	25.4	18.8	10.0	10.8	6.0	18.3	15.1	10.0	18.5	15.1	17.6	100%	0%	$34,557
Otis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	218 Marion Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8372	408	30	13.3	64.2%	85 (20.8%)	10 (2.5%)	294 (72.1%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	45.6	486^th of 899 public elementary schools	45.9%		50.4	449^th of 906 public elementary schools	50.4%	37	28.1	38.5	40.6	43.8			36.4	33.3	45.1	37.5	53.1			41.3	40.6		40.6		95%	0%	$31,655
Adams Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	165 Webster Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8383	237	34	7.0	75.9%	37 (15.6%)	12 (5.1%)	171 (72.2%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	26.1	662^nd of 899 public elementary schools	26.4%		21.3	719^th of 906 public elementary schools	20.6%	57	25.7	37.9	22.2	15.4			25.9	45.7	27.6	11.1	23.1			29.6	16.7		16.7				$40,958
O'Donnell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	33 Trenton Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8454	256	25	10.3	82.8%	16 (6.3%)	7 (2.7%)	228 (89.1%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.5	721^st of 899 public elementary schools	19.8%		14.1	797^th of 906 public elementary schools	12.0%	76	22.2	10.0	20.0	23.3			18.3	27.8	20.5	35.0	40.0			29.6	20.0		20.0		89%	0%	$33,812
Mario Umana Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	312 Border Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8481	634	63	10.0	84.4%	19 (3.0%)	19 (3.0%)	588 (92.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	8.3	861^st of 899 public elementary schools	4.2%		6.9	877^th of 906 public elementary schools	3.2%	16	3.6	17.5	8.8	10.0	5.0	2.8	7.8	5.5	19.3	7.1	17.0	4.9	1.4	8.9	17.9	4.2	10.2	2.8	96%	4%	$36,694
Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	242 Bennington St	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8466	279	26	10.8	83.9%	12 (4.3%)	8 (2.9%)	257 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21.5	712^th of 899 public elementary schools	20.8%		31.4	620^th of 906 public elementary schools	31.6%	92	15.4	18.4	20.6	25.8			19.7	25.6	39.5	17.7	41.9			31.0	8.8		8.8		97%	0%	$35,242
Eliot K-8 Innovation School	Public	PK, KG-8	16 Charter Street	Boston	02113	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8545	784	59	13.3	21.3%	494 (63.0%)	43 (5.5%)	119 (15.2%)	74 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.8%)	91.8	56^th of 899 public elementary schools	93.8%		94	35^th of 906 public elementary schools	96.1%	21	75.4	70.3	67.0	70.0	31.3	43.2	64.5	79.7	81.3	58.1	71.1	28.1	56.8	67.1	63.4	25.0	51.1	25.6	96%	3%	$32,787
Harvard-Kent Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	50 Bunker Hill Street	Charlestown	02129	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8358	334	37	9.0	56.6%	137 (41.0%)	49 (14.7%)	94 (28.1%)	41 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	60.5	352^nd of 899 public elementary schools	60.8%		48.7	470^th of 906 public elementary schools	48.1%	118	69.2	45.5	34.3	27.0			44.4	82.1	60.6	36.1	38.9			54.9	42.9		42.9		93%	0%	$38,667

Frequently Asked Questions about Alighieri Dante Montessori School

What schools do graduates of Alighieri Dante Montessori School attend?

Students who attend Alighieri Dante Montessori School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Higginson-Lewis K-8 School
Middle : Ohrenberger School
High : Albert D Holland School of Technology
High : Another Course To College
High : Boston Adult Technical Academy
High : Boston Arts Academy
High : Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School
High : Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School
High : Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy
High : Boston Latin Academy
High : Boston Latin School
High : Brighton High School
High : Charlestown High School
High : Community Academy
High : Community Academy of Science and Health
High : Dearborn STEM Academy
High : East Boston High School
High : Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann
High : English High School
High : Excel High School
High : Fenway High School
High : Greater Egleston High School
High : Lyon High School
High : Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
High : Margarita Muniz Academy
High : New Mission High School
High : O'Bryant School of Math & Science
High : Quincy Upper School
High : Ruth Batson Academy
High : Snowden International High School
High : TechBoston Academy
Alternative : Carter School

What district is Alighieri Dante Montessori School in?

Boston

Is Alighieri Dante Montessori School a good school?

Alighieri Dante Montessori School ranks 298^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Alighieri Dante Montessori School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 109 students attended Alighieri Dante Montessori School.

What is the racial makeup of Alighieri Dante Montessori School?

Students at Alighieri Dante Montessori School are 57% Hispanic, 33% White, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

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