Summary:
ZIP code 02132 has just one middle school — Ohrenberger School in West Roxbury, part of the Boston district. It serves grades 3 through 8 and enrolls 477 students, making it the only public option for middle-grade families in this ZIP, so there is no other local school to compare it against.
Performance varies widely by grade. Grades 4 and 5 are the bright spots: 4th grade math is 54.32% proficient, above the district (31.08%) and state (43.20%); 5th grade math is 44.00% and 5th grade ELA is 41.33%, both above district and state. Grades 7 and 8 are the opposite: 7th grade ELA is 4.17% and 7th grade math 5.48% — far below both district and state — while 8th grade reports 14.52% in ELA, math, science, and civics alike. Third grade is also weak, at 20.59% in ELA and 16.42% in math. Across all grades in 2025–2026, the school trails both the district and the state in ELA, math, and science; math (28.77% versus the district's 29.12%) comes closest.
Overall, the school ranks in the bottom quartile — 15th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, and between the 15th and 22nd percentile over the past three years. Science improved year over year (18.46% to 22.79%), but ELA, math, and civics declined. Resources include an 11.2:1 student-teacher ratio and $27,123 in per-student spending, though that figure is from 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, which limits context. The main takeaway for parents: strong pockets in grades 4 and 5, with serious weaknesses in grades 3, 7, and 8.
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