Schools in Zip Code 02121

ZIP code 02121 in Dorchester, Boston contains six schools — four elementary schools (one of them a K‑8) and two combined middle/high schools serving grades 7–12 — enrolling 3,906 students, all part of Boston Public Schools.

The schools in this ZIP differ dramatically from one another. Boston Latin Academy is the clear standout, with 64.5% of students proficient in ELA, 52.83% in math and 45.78% in science (2025‑26) — above the state in nearly every subject — plus a 98.9% graduation rate and a 0.4% dropout rate. UP Academy Holland is the only school on the rise: its statewide percentile climbed from 3rd to 16th to 31st in three years, with math up 11.7 points and science up 21.9 points in a single year, and its 3rd‑grade math result (48.65%) beats the state. At the other end, King Elementary ranks in the 1st percentile statewide (8.84% ELA, 4.42% math), and Albert D Holland School of Technology reports 1.87% ELA, 0% math and 0% science, with the ZIP's lowest graduation rate (76.6%) and highest dropout rate (10.9%). Greenwood Sarah K‑8 has held at 2nd–3rd percentile for three straight years, while Trotter Elementary shows a bright spot — 6th‑grade ELA at 41.38%, above the state — even as its overall ELA dropped 6.2 points.

For parents, the practical takeaway is that a child's experience in 02121 depends heavily on which building they attend: Boston Latin Academy's ELA proficiency is roughly seven times Trotter's and its math proficiency twelve times King's. Notably, the highest‑spending schools here are also the lowest performers, and the smallest classes sit in the lowest‑ranked buildings, so money and class size alone have not produced results. One gap worth noting: free/reduced‑lunch data is unavailable for all six schools, so the role of economic need cannot be assessed.