Summary:
ZIP code 02119 in Roxbury, MA is home to four high schools serving a combined 2,092 students, with grade spans running from 5–12 down to 9–12. Two are Boston district schools: Dearborn STEM Academy (grades 7–12, 565 students) and Greater Egleston High School (grades 9–12, 78 students). Two are charters: Roxbury Preparatory Charter School (grades 5–12, 1,126 students) and Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School (grades 9–12, 323 students).
Outcomes vary sharply. Roxbury Preparatory Charter School posts the highest graduation rate at 85.6% and the strongest reported proficiency in the group (ELA 25.37%, Math 33.66%, Science 23.35% across all grades), though all three remain below state levels. Dearborn STEM Academy graduates 83.9% — above the Boston district rate of 81.3% — yet its all-grade Math proficiency is only 4.09%, with ELA at 10.73% and Science at 5.56%. Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School faces the most severe completion challenges, with a 21.5% graduation rate, a 27.8% dropout rate, and 10th grade ELA and Math proficiency both at 0% in 2025–2026. Greater Egleston High School graduates 53.8% with a 19.2% dropout rate, and no MCAS scores are included in this file, so its proficiency cannot be assessed.
Spending and staffing offer a different lens. Dearborn STEM Academy has the highest per-student spending ($27,036, 2020–2021), followed by Greater Egleston High School ($26,761), while Roxbury Preparatory Charter School spends least ($19,636) yet shows the strongest available outcomes. Roxbury Prep's student–teacher ratio is by far the highest at 25.8, versus 10.9, 10.9, and 8.7 elsewhere; its 8th grade Math (42.69%) slightly exceeds the state (41.67%), the only result here above state. Rank histories are stale for two schools, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank throughout.
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