Summary:
ZIP code 02121 in Boston contains two high schools serving grades 7–12 — Boston Latin Academy (1,693 students) and Albert D Holland School of Technology (399 students) — both operating within the Boston district, which ranks 299 of 351 statewide (15th percentile, 1 star). Together they enroll 2,092 students, yet their outcomes are nearly opposite.
Boston Latin Academy is the clear academic standout: 104 of 353 schools statewide (71st percentile, 4 stars), a 98.9% graduation rate and just 0.4% dropout rate, compared with 81.3% and 8.8% for the district. In 2025–2026 MCAS All Grades, 64.5% of its students were proficient in ELA, 52.83% in mathematics and 45.78% in science — above both district and state averages in most subjects. Its relative weakness is Physics End of Course at 43.77%, slightly below the state's 46.58%.
Albert D Holland School of Technology sits at the other end: 348 of 353 (1st percentile, 0 stars), with a 76.6% graduation rate and a 10.9% dropout rate — 2.1 points above the district. Its 2025–2026 proficiency was 1.87% in ELA and 0% in mathematics and science, with multiple grade-level subjects also reported at 0%. Notably, Holland spends more per student ($28,702 vs $22,249 in 2020–2021) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (9.7 vs 17.8), so resources alone do not explain the gap. Both schools also slipped in statewide rank over recent years, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both, limiting a fuller comparison.
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