Summary:
Zip code 02111 in Boston is home to two public schools serving different grade levels: Quincy Elementary School, an elementary school for grades PK–5 with 731 students, and Quincy Upper School, a secondary school serving grades 6–12 with 557 students. Together they enroll 1,288 students, and both belong to the Boston district, which ranks 299 of 351 districts statewide — the 15th percentile, with 1 star.
Quincy Elementary School is the clear academic standout. In 2025–26 it ranked 317 of 899 (65th percentile, 3 stars), and in 2024–25 it reached 249 of 906 (73rd percentile, 4 stars). Its 2025–26 MCAS proficiency was 46.97% in ELA, 53.47% in math, and 41.75% in science — above the state in all three subjects and well above district averages of 29.41%, 29.12%, and 24.94%. Math shows its biggest edge, 12.36 points above the state, and every grade-level score beats the state except 5th-grade science, which is 1.32 points below. Math and science dipped from 2024–25 but remain strong.
Quincy Upper School looks very different academically. It ranks 303 of 353 (14th percentile, 1 star) and scored 21.52% in ELA, 24.34% in math, and 6.59% in science in 2025–26 — below both district and state in every subject, with science 34.39 points under the state. Its sharpest decline comes after 6th grade, where math falls from 47.11% to 5.43% in 7th grade. Yet its graduation rate is 90.9% (district 81.3%) and its dropout rate 1.5% (district 8.8%). Class sizes (12 vs. 11.9 students per teacher) and 2020–21 per-student spending ($26,810 vs. $25,455) are nearly identical, so resources alone don't explain the performance gap.
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