The top reported proficiency rate is 6% in English language arts. The lowest is 1% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Margarita Muniz Academy
Margarita Muniz Academy is a public high school in Boston that serves grades nine through twelve. It operates within the Boston Public Schools system and sits in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, a dense urban area of the city. The school is neither a charter nor a magnet; it is a regular public high school with an enrollment that is small for its grade band.
The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a very small number of Black students and even fewer White, Asian, or multiracial students. Data on whether students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners were not available, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about these aspects of student support.
Academically, the state assessment results for the most recent school year are very low. On the NextGen MCAS, the share of students scoring proficient or above in math was below the range that most high schools report, and the share in English language arts was also well below typical levels. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, placed Margarita Muniz Academy in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Suffolk County. The data available covers only one year, so there is no trend to compare against. A parent evaluating this school would want to understand how the school supports students who are not meeting state proficiency benchmarks and what academic growth looks like over a student’s time there.
No four-year graduation rate was reported in the data. That is a notable gap for a regular high school, and a family should follow up with the school to learn about graduation outcomes, postsecondary plans, and the pathways students take after leaving.
The school is part of the Boston district, and the district brief showed no recent major policy or budget changes that were publicly reported. That does not mean nothing is happening, only that the available search results did not surface district-level developments. Housing in the surrounding area is expensive. The typical home value in the zip code is well above the national figure, and rents are similarly high. The cost of living in Boston is elevated, which shapes the pool of families who can live near the school and the economic context students come from.
A family considering Margarita Muniz Academy faces a clear picture on test scores and a blank space on other important measures like graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, and course access. The school serves a largely Hispanic student body in a small high school setting. The academic proficiency numbers are a significant concern, and without graduation data it is hard to gauge how the school prepares students for life after high school. A parent should ask directly about how the school addresses students who arrive below grade level, what pathways exist for career or college preparation, and what supports are in place for English learners if that is a need. The answers to those questions are not in the available records.
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