Summary:
ZIP code 02135 in Brighton, MA is home to seven schools — four elementary and three high schools, with no standalone middle schools — serving about 2,351 students, split nearly evenly between those two groups. Six of the seven are in the Boston district, which ranks 299th out of 351 districts statewide, while Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School belongs to its own charter district, ranked 343rd of 351. Grades 7 and 8 are served inside Brighton High School, Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School, and Lyon Elementary School, so middle-grade results are embedded in "high" or "elementary" data rather than reported separately.
Winship Elementary School is the clear standout. It ranked 282nd of 899 elementary schools statewide (69th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, with proficiency of 54.71% in English language arts, 48.52% in math, and 47.73% in science — the only school here above both district and state averages in all three subjects. At the other end, Brighton High School ranked 344th of 353 (3rd percentile), with a 61.8% graduation rate and 27.2% dropout rate, both far behind the district's 81.3% and 8.8%. Lyon High School is mixed: the best completion figures in the ZIP (89.5% graduation, 5.3% dropout) but very low test scores.
Comparing the rest, Edison Elementary School, Lyon Elementary School, and Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School all score below the district average, with science a weak point nearly everywhere. Notably, spending and class size do not track with results: Lyon Elementary School has one of the lowest student-teacher ratios (6.7) and the highest spending ($41,336) yet low and declining scores, while Winship Elementary School has the largest classes (13.8) and the best outcomes. Baldwin Early Learning Pilot Academy serves PK–1 and has no test data.
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