Summary:
Zip code 02128 covers East Boston's 12 public schools — 10 elementary schools and two high schools serving 5,921 students — with no standalone middle schools, so grades 7 and 8 are housed inside the two PK–8 schools and the two high schools (one district school, one charter that starts at grade 5). Eleven of the schools belong to Boston, a district ranked in the 15th percentile statewide; the twelfth, Excel Academy Charter School, belongs to Excel Academy Charter (District), ranked in the 82nd percentile.
At the top, Excel Academy Charter School (#80 of 353, 77th percentile) is the only school in the zip in the top quartile, beating the state by roughly 17 points in both ELA (57.3% vs. 40.0%) and math (57.2% vs. 41.1%) — at the lowest reported per-student cost in the zip ($19,548) and with a 95.1% graduation rate. Among district schools, Bradley Elementary School leads with 4 stars and a 76th-percentile rank, above the state in all three subjects, though its rank and science score slipped year over year. Alighieri Dante Montessori School, the smallest tested school (109 students), posts the zip's highest math proficiency (64.9%), and Otis Elementary School is the only other district school matching the state in math.
At the other end, Mario Umana Academy (4th percentile) and McKay K-8 School (6th percentile) rank among the lowest in the state, and East Boston High School's all-grades ELA (9.1%) and math (11.1%) are dragged down by its grade 7–8 students, even as it graduates 94.6% with a 1.8% dropout rate. Science is a consistent weak spot, even for top schools, and 8th-grade civics spans from 54.7% at Excel down to 2.8% at Umana. The most encouraging news: Guild Elementary School, O'Donnell Elementary School, Adams Elementary School, McKay and East Boston High all improved in every subject this year.
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