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UP Academy Holland

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

85 Olney Street, Dorchester, MA 02121 · (617) 635-8832 · Part of Boston School District

Boston’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
641
Students per teacher
14:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about UP Academy Holland

  • Its own letter, D−: reading and math results near the bottom of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 33 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 34 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Boston kids: 40 middle schools

On the path

Where Boston kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6UP Academy HollandYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency4%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts15%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, D−, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

85 Olney Street, Dorchester

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K53
Kindergarten69
Grade 170
Grade 276
Grade 383
Grade 496
Grade 5106
Grade 688
Enrollment over time
674’20
663’21
636’22
566’23
641’24

Down 4.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 46%Hispanic 46%Two or more races 4%White 2%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about UP Academy Holland from Boston families.

Other schools in Boston School District

The district →
Curley K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Jamaica Plain
C
902 students8:1
Murphy K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Dorchester
B−
855 students12:1
Eliot K-8 Innovation School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Boston
A
784 students13:1
Quincy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Boston
B
731 students12:1
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Roxbury
D−
689 students10:1
McKay K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · East Boston
D
640 students10:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Boston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.