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C−

Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

343 Saratoga Street, East Boston, MA 02128 · (617) 635-8466 · Part of Boston School District

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

Directions
Students
279
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 17% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 17 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 11 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–6Kennedy Patrick J Elementary SchoolYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts32%
State average 49.3%

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

Location

Directions ↗

343 Saratoga Street, East Boston

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K19
Kindergarten34
Grade 142
Grade 241
Grade 341
Grade 439
Grade 536
Grade 627
Enrollment over time
278’20
261’21
264’22
267’23
279’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 92%White 4%Black 3%Two or more races <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Kennedy Patrick J 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
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
UP Academy Holland
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dorchester
D−
641 students14:1

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.