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Lynn School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Lynn.

Lynn’s School Grade D better than 8% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
16,364
Schools
27
Spent per student
$24,970
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
12:1
The gist

What stands out about Lynn School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 8% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 22 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 11 pts below the state
  • Spends 6% less per student than the MA average
  • 12 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 8% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Lynn. Grade by grade →

K–516 elementary schoolsThis district
6–84 middle schoolsThis district
9–124 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency16%
State average 40.7% · 7,839 students tested
Reading / language arts22%
State average 43.7% · 7,841 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)78%
State average 89.2% · 1,290 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$24,970 per student · 6% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 34%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 8%State 80%Federal 12%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
15,587’20
15,727’21
15,433’22
16,022’23
16,364’24

Up 5% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 73%White 10%Black 8%Asian 6%Two or more races 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

27 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
Other · Grades PK–12 · Lynn
C−
1,584 students12:1
E J Harrington
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
D−
687 students12:1
Cobbet Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
D
616 students11:1
Hood
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
D
541 students13:1
Edward A Sisson
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
C
449 students12:1
Julia F Callahan
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
D
373 students10:1
Capt William G Shoemaker
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
C−
361 students9:1
Sewell-Anderson
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lynn
C
300 students13:1
Early Childhood Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Lynn
135 students10:1
Ingalls
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D−
719 students12:1
Wm P Connery
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D
563 students12:1
A Drewicz Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D
488 students12:1
Washington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D−
453 students11:1
Brickett Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D
318 students13:1
Aborn
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
C+
224 students12:1
Lincoln-Thomson
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
C−
219 students10:1
Lynn Woods
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
C+
153 students10:1
William R Fallon
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lynn
D−
30 students3:1
Robert L Ford
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Lynn
D
410 students11:1
Tracy
Elementary · Grades 1–5 · Lynn
D
397 students12:1
Thurgood Marshall Mid
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lynn
D
1,310 students12:1
Breed Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lynn
C−
1,265 students13:1
Pickering Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lynn
C−
583 students10:1
Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Lynn
D−
94 students3:1
Lynn English High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lynn
C−
2,062 students15:1
Classical High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lynn
C
1,795 students14:1
Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy
Secondary · Grades 9–11 · Lynn
235 students15:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.