English High School

BPS/District7th-12th
144 McBride Street, Jamaica Plain
School Tier:
Tier 2

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Quick Facts

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Enrollment 682 Students
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Student/Teacher 11:1
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Uniform No
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Gender Coed
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Start/End Time 7:20am-2:20pm
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Phone Number 617-635-8979
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Email Address Contact School
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Enrollment

All Boston Public School (BPS) high schools are open to any student who lives in Boston. Admission may be determined via open enrollment, lottery, an application, or exam. This is an open enrollment school. Click Apply Online to check availability.
Priority Registration Deadline for 9th grade
February 9, 2024
Priority Registration Deadline for all other grades
April 5, 2024
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About the School

The English High School offers students a wide selection of Advance Placement and Media Arts courses, championship winning baseball and volleyball teams, and an engaged alumni association. In addition, students entering Grade 9 will embark on a journey to understand their unique interests, perspectives, and learning styles with each student developing an individual educational and career plan. Our 5 Pathways programs give students hands-on training in high demand fields:

  • Nursing
  • Computer Programming
  • Business Marketing
  • Graphic Design
  • Law Enforcement

 

School Performance

Student performance data displayed below is from Next Generation MCAS results. For more data on schools, please visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) website. For schools with multiple campuses, the data below represents all schools in that network, not just the single school, unless otherwise noted. If data is not shown, it is not available for that school (e.g. the school might not serve any tested grades, or be too small to publicly release its scores). 

IMPORTANT NOTE: DESE did not issue school, district, or state accountability determinations for the 2019-2020 school year due to the cancellation of state assessments and school closures related to COVID-19. As a result, there is no student performance data available from the state for school year 2019-2020.

School Comparative Performance

How does this school compare?

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Reading: District

Performing worse than BPS district average

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Reading: State

Performing worse than state average

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Math: District

Performing worse than BPS district average

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Math: State

Performing worse than state average

How many students passed the MCAS?
This includes scores for all tested grades in the school.

English
Math

How many students graduated?

Graduation and College Attendance

Graduation Rate
All Students
81%
Students w/ Disabilities
62.2%
High Needs
80.4%
EL
85%
African American/Black
82%
Asian
-%
Hispanic/Latino
81.4%
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.
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White
-%
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.
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Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
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College Attendance Rate
All Students
38.6%
Students w/ Disabilities
42.4%
High Needs
37.6%
EL
31%
African American/Black
53.5%
Asian
-%
Hispanic/Latino
28.4%
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.
-%
White
-%
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.
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Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
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Demographics & Diversity

651
Total Enrollment
Student Diversity
111.70
FTE Count
Staff Diversity

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Enrollment

All Boston Public School (BPS) high schools are open to any student who lives in Boston. Admission may be determined via open enrollment, lottery, an application, or exam. This is an open enrollment school. Click Apply Online to check availability.
Priority Registration Deadline for 9th grade
February 9, 2024
Priority Registration Deadline for all other grades
April 5, 2024
Apply Online

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