Hernandez K-8 School

Grades: PK-8
Students: 332
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 15:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 410:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
8 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
4/10
Test Scores
4/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
7/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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This school is not good. I wouldn’t recommend sending your kids here or if you’re a student wanting to go to this school. Some of the teachers here don’t even teach us well and most of the time all the teachers do are assume things that aren’t true and things just don’t make sense at all and wheneve
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Posted by a community member on 5/29/2026
If you are planning on sending your child here, don’t do it. Many kids there are very rude and disrespectful. I’ve gotten bullied a bunch of times here. Some teachers here aren’t the best at teaching but not all of them. I have seen some teachers being a bit rude to some students and making them cry
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Posted by a community member on 5/15/2026
We are so happy at the Hernandez! It’s a great community and many of the teachers have been at the school for a long time and are still excited to be back every year. We have one child in pre-K and one in second and the bilingual education is wonderful. The principal is great and very accessible, an
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Posted by a parent on 10/31/2023
Awful. Experience with several different BPS schools with 3 children and in my career I have a liaison with the schools. We were so excited for our child to attend the Hernandez and it was the worst educational experience any of the children have had.
Posted by a parent on 1/30/2020
The school has declined under the new principal; some parents have pulled their kids out due to rampant bullying that never gets addressed. One more thing worth mentioning is that the school is supposedly 90% Hispanic, but the truth is that is a mischaracterization; the school is 85 % Dominican and
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Posted by a parent on 3/21/2017

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Boston schools - Hernandez K-8 School is located at 61 School Street, Boston MA 02119. Hernandez K-8 School is in the Boston Public Schools. Hernandez K-8 School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-8.

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