Summary:
ZIP code 02115 in Boston has one high school in this data set—Boston Latin School—serving grades 7–12 with 2,424 students at 78 Ave Louis Pasteur, so parents have a single local public high-school option to consider here.
Compared with the Boston district and Massachusetts, Boston Latin School stands out dramatically. It ranked #1 of 348 in 2023–2024, #2 of 349 in 2024–2025, and #24 of 353 in 2025–2026; even after slipping, it remains 93rd percentile with 5 stars. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 99.0%, versus 81.3% for the Boston district, and its dropout rate is 0.3%, versus 8.8%. The district overall is ranked 299 of 351, 15th percentile, 1 star, which shows district averages can mask a very high-performing individual school.
Academically, Boston Latin School scored above both the district and state in every reported 2025–2026 MCAS subject and grade-level row. All-grade proficiency is 86.05% in ELA, 93.73% in Mathematics, and 70.74% in Science; those are 46.02, 52.62, and 29.76 percentage points above the state, respectively. Science is the relative weak spot but still strong, with 10th-grade Science at 68.09%. Year over year, Science rose from 48.60% to 70.74%, and 8th-grade Civics rose from 59.03% to 75.27%. Other metrics: 18.6 student-teacher ratio, $21,850 per-student spending in 2020–2021, and free/reduced-lunch percentage unknown. Tenth-grade ELA and Science are lower than 7th/8th grade, but remain above district and state. For families, this is a large, top-ranked school with exceptional outcomes and a few data gaps to note.
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