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Quincy Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

885 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 · (617) 635-8497 · Part of Boston School District

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

Directions
Students
731
Students per teacher
12:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Quincy Elementary School

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 55% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 10 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher
  • Next stop for Boston kids: 40 middle schools

On the path

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

PK–5Quincy Elementary SchoolYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency47%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts46%
State average 49.3%

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

Location

Directions ↗

885 Washington Street, Boston

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K92
Kindergarten106
Grade 197
Grade 2110
Grade 3111
Grade 4101
Grade 5114
Enrollment over time
742’20
711’21
738’22
733’23
731’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Asian 51%White 18%Black 13%Hispanic 11%Two or more races 7%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Quincy Elementary School 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
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Roxbury
D−
689 students10:1
UP Academy Holland
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dorchester
D−
641 students14:1
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.