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Ellison-Parks Early Education School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–3

108 Babson Street, Mattapan, MA 02126 · (617) 635-7680 · Part of Boston School District

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

Directions
Students
190
Students per teacher
10:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–3
The gist

What stands out about Ellison-Parks Early Education School

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 32 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 25 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 9.2% since 2020–21
  • Next stop for Boston kids: 40 middle schools

On the path

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

PK–3Ellison-Parks Early Education SchoolYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency5%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts24%
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 ↗

108 Babson Street, Mattapan

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K52
Kindergarten35
Grade 135
Grade 234
Grade 334
Enrollment over time
174’20
175’21
191’22
189’23
190’24

Up 9.2% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 53%Hispanic 39%Two or more races 3%Asian 3%White 2%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Ellison-Parks Early Education 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.