Department of Corrections

The Department of Corrections has one public high school, Lawrence Gardner High School, serving grades 7–12 and enrolling 111 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 4% in English Language Arts (ELA), 4% in mathematics, and 0% in science. State results were 46% in ELA, 41% in mathematics, and 38% in science. The most important finding is that the school’s proficiency was substantially below the state level in every reported subject.

Lawrence Gardner High School is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this area because it is the only one listed; there is no school-to-school comparison. Its smallest all-grades gap was in mathematics, at 37 percentage points below the state, while its largest was in ELA, at 42 points below; science was 38 points below. Grade-matched results were also behind: 10th-grade ELA was 4% versus 41% statewide, 10th-grade mathematics was 5% versus 37%, and 11th-grade science was 0% versus 30%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 339th of 340 in 2025–26 and gave it 0 stars. Its reported graduation rate was 11% versus 90% statewide, while its dropout rate was 22% versus 1%.

Proficiency moved down from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while state results rose in both comparable subjects. The school’s ELA result fell from 5% to 4%, widening its gap with the state by 2 percentage points; mathematics fell from 11% to 4%, and that gap widened by 8 points. Mathematics remained relatively closer to the state than ELA, though it was still far below the state result. The school reported 0% chronic absenteeism versus 18% statewide in 2025–26; this differs sharply from its dropout and graduation figures, which are from other years. In 2024–25, it had a 41.7 student–teacher ratio and a 92% free/reduced-lunch rate. SchoolDigger also ranked it 328th of 332 in 2024–25 and 320th of 327 in 2022–23.