Haggerty vs Amigos School

Haggerty and Amigos School sit 2.5 miles apart in Cambridge, Massachusetts, yet occupy meaningfully different positions in state rankings. Haggerty holds the edge in overall rating at 9.3/10 versus Amigos School's 9.0/10 — a 0.3-point gap — and ranks #16 of 1,791 Massachusetts schools compared to Amigos School's #51. Both placements are exceptional, putting each school in the top 3% statewide, but Haggerty's higher rank reflects advantages that appear clearly in the academic growth data.

The two schools split their academic strengths in opposite directions. Amigos School leads on academic achievement with a 9.0/10 academic score against Haggerty's 8.3 — meaning students at Amigos are testing at a higher absolute level. Haggerty counters with a 9.7/10 growth score versus Amigos School's 8.6, an 1.1-point difference that indicates Haggerty students are advancing faster relative to their starting points. Parents who prioritize how much a school accelerates learning over a year should weight Haggerty's growth advantage seriously; parents focused on absolute achievement benchmarks will find Amigos School's academic score more compelling.

Haggerty is the smaller school by a wide margin — 229 students versus Amigos School's 418 — and that size difference compounds in the classroom. Haggerty's student-teacher ratio of 7.9:1 is substantially tighter than Amigos School's 10.7:1, meaning Haggerty students receive meaningfully more individualized attention on average. For families where class size and teacher access are deciding factors, that 2.8-student-per-teacher gap is a concrete structural difference, not a marginal one.

Grade span is the clearest logistical distinction between the two schools. Haggerty serves PK through grade 5, requiring families to plan a middle school transition around age 10 or 11. Amigos School runs PK through grade 8, keeping students through the end of middle school and offering continuity through a developmentally significant stretch. Amigos School also operates a structured dual-language Spanish immersion program, making it the only option of the two for families specifically seeking bilingual education from the earliest grades.