Summary:
ZIP code 02119 in Roxbury, Boston, has one middle school in this data set: Higginson-Lewis K-8 School, a grades 3–8 school with 213 students in the Boston district. No other middle school appears for this ZIP, so there is no within-ZIP peer comparison; the most useful benchmarks are the district and Massachusetts averages.
Higginson-Lewis is the only standout by default, and its results are consistently low. Its statewide rank was 457th of 478 (4th percentile, 0 stars) in 2025–2026, 451st of 484 (7th percentile, 0 stars) in 2024–2025, and 483rd of 493 (2nd percentile, 0 stars) in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026 all-grade MCAS, ELA proficiency was 9.46%, Mathematics 5%, and Science 8%. The Boston district, itself ranked 299th of 351 (15th percentile, 1 star), had 29.41% in ELA, 29.12% in Mathematics, and 24.94% in Science; state rates were 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. Grade 6 was the relative bright spot, with ELA and Mathematics both at 16.13%. Grade 8 was a low point: Mathematics 0%, Science 4.55%, Civics 4.55%, and ELA 9.09%.
Staffing and spending look favorable: the student-teacher ratio is 9.2, and per-student spending was $31,329 in 2020–2021. However, outcomes remain far below district and state in every tested subject. Year-over-year changes are small and mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA rose from 8.6% to 9.46%, Mathematics from 4.84% to 5%, and Science from 6.35% to 8%, while 8th-grade Civics fell from 8.33% to 4.55%. Free/reduced lunch data is not available, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed from this data set. Families should note that the spending figure is from 2020–2021 and should not be treated as directly causal for 2025–2026 results.
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