Schools in Zip Code 02129

ZIP code 02129 in Charlestown, Boston, has four schools serving pre-K through grade 12: two elementary/K-8 schools, no standalone middle schools, one high school, and one specialized alternative school, with 1,668 students total in the Boston district, which ranks 299 of 351 (15th percentile, 1 star).

Among them, Warren-Prescott K-8 School is the academic standout: 507 students, 4 stars, 136 of 899 schools (85th percentile), with ELA 66.91%, math 59.85%, and science 43.37%, all above both Boston and state. Harvard-Kent Elementary School is the biggest improver, rising from 2 stars to 3 stars and from the 48th to 61st percentile; its math rose to 54.86% and science to 42.86%, while ELA is 44.44%, above state. Both elementary/K-8 schools outperform the ZIP’s secondary and alternative schools.

By contrast, Charlestown High School is the largest school, with 754 students, but ranks 330 of 353 (7th percentile, 0 stars); ELA is 3.45%, math 13.33%, science 10.34%, graduation is 74.5%, dropout is 10.8%, and 7th-grade ELA and math are both 0% proficient. Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing is a 73-student specialized alternative with no rank history, very low MCAS results (ELA 3.57%, math 0%, science 0%), $123,300 per-student spending, a 1.9 student-to-teacher ratio, 60% graduation, and 0% dropout; its results are not directly comparable to general-education schools. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank and spending is from 2020-2021, so poverty and current-resource context is limited in this ZIP.