Summary:
ZIP code 02120 in Boston is home to four schools — one elementary/K-8 school and three high schools — all part of the Boston district, serving roughly 3,356 students combined. The three high schools enroll about 89% of that total: O'Bryant School of Math & Science (grades 7–12, 1,509 students), Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (grades 9–12, 1,121) and Fenway High School (grades 9–12, 362). Tobin K-8 School (PK–8, 364 students) is the only elementary and middle school in the ZIP.
Performance varies dramatically among these schools. O'Bryant is the standout: it ranks 76 of 353 schools statewide (78th percentile, 4 stars), with a 98.2% graduation rate, a 1.1% dropout rate, and 10th-grade MCAS proficiency of 60.75% in ELA, 64.39% in math and 58.1% in science — all well above district and state averages. Madison Park sits at the opposite end, ranking 331 of 353 (6th percentile, 0 stars) with 10th-grade proficiency of 14.29% in ELA, 10.39% in math and 9.45% in science, plus a 9.8% dropout rate. Fenway falls between them: its graduation rate (86.8%) and dropout rate (2.6%) beat the district's, even though its test scores (29.41% ELA, 22.35% math) are below district and state levels. Notably, Madison Park spends the most per student ($32,880) and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.4), while O'Bryant spends the least ($23,107) and has the highest ratio (15.2).
Tobin K-8 School is improving in state rank — from the 6th to the 7th to the 12th percentile — but its middle-grade results remain very low, with 7th-grade math at 2.7% and 8th-grade math at 2.86% proficient, and 8th-grade civics at 2.86%. At 8th grade, O'Bryant's math proficiency is 71.15% versus Tobin's 2.86%. Overall, the ZIP's enrollment is dominated by its high schools, and the gap between its highest- and lowest-performing schools is one of the most striking features of this area.
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