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Lynn

At a glance

331^stof 348 Massachusetts districts▲ 5

Better than 4% of Massachusetts districts

Elementary 18 Middle 3 High 3 Alternative 2Grades PK, KG-12

100 Bennett St
Lynn, MA 01905-1201·(781) 593-1680·All Massachusetts district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 4.9% of districts

Schools

16,364

Students

Top rankedAborn336^th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Aborn up 188 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Capt William G Shoemaker 8.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Lynn school district in Massachusetts consists of 27 schools, including 19 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 2 alternative schools. The district serves a predominantly low-income student population, as evidenced by the high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients.

While most Lynn schools perform poorly compared to the state averages, a few standout institutions, such as Aborn Elementary School, Sewell-Anderson Elementary School, and Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, demonstrate stronger academic outcomes. These schools have higher proficiency rates in core subjects and higher statewide rankings compared to other Lynn schools.

The data also reveals significant performance gaps between Lynn schools and the state averages, particularly in high school and on 10th grade assessments. This suggests that Lynn students may be struggling to meet state-level academic standards. Addressing these issues, as well as exploring how resources are distributed and utilized across the district, will be crucial for improving educational outcomes and providing equitable opportunities for all students in Lynn.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2025)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Thurgood Marshall Mid	Public	6-8	100 Brookline Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7360	1,310	106	12.3		107 (8.2%)	130 (9.9%)	939 (71.7%)	89 (6.8%)	11 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (2.6%)	11.8	439^th of 484 public middle schools	9.3%		13	447^th of 493 public middle schools	9.3%	8				15.7	13.8	16.7		15.3				11.3	10.9	12.2		11.4		12.5		12.5		12.6	$20,932
Aborn	Public	K-5	409 Eastern Avenue	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7320	224	19	11.5		56 (25.0%)	18 (8.0%)	117 (52.2%)	23 (10.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.6%)	63.4	336^th of 906 public elementary schools	62.9%		44.7	524^th of 916 public elementary schools	42.8%	188	39.5	50.0	51.4					46.7	39.5	40.6	64.7					48.1	72.7			72.7			$24,735
A Drewicz Elementary	Public	K-5	34 Hood Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7350	488	42	11.7		28 (5.7%)	25 (5.1%)	396 (81.1%)	25 (5.1%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	11.4	835^th of 906 public elementary schools	7.8%		12.5	829^th of 916 public elementary schools	9.5%	6	18.3	19.5	13.3					17.4	12.7	19.5	15.0					16.0	21.7			21.7			$21,237
Breed Middle School	Public	6-8	90 OCallaghan Way	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7330	1,265	98	12.8		109 (8.6%)	95 (7.5%)	927 (73.3%)	101 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (2.5%)	12.1	435^th of 484 public middle schools	10.1%		13.5	444^th of 493 public middle schools	9.9%	9				17.3	14.9	17.9		16.6				11.1	7.1	11.7		9.8		15.0		15.0		13.0	$20,084
Brickett Elementary	Public	K-5	123 Lewis Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7333	318	25	12.6		20 (6.3%)	23 (7.2%)	239 (75.2%)	25 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	8.3	864^th of 906 public elementary schools	4.6%		7	887^th of 916 public elementary schools	3.2%	23	13.2	17.0	12.2					14.2	15.1	8.3	12.2					12.0	17.1			17.1			$21,618
Capt William G Shoemaker	Public	PK, KG-5	26 Regina Rd	Lynn	01904	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7450	361	41	8.7		115 (31.9%)	37 (10.2%)	167 (46.3%)	24 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	27.6	656^th of 906 public elementary schools	27.6%		29.5	642^nd of 916 public elementary schools	29.9%	14	30.4	30.6	32.5					31.0	30.4	34.7	15.0					27.6	32.5			32.5			$31,702
Classical High	Public	9-12	235 O Callaghan Way	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7404	1,795	125	14.3		200 (11.1%)	142 (7.9%)	1,276 (71.1%)	135 (7.5%)	8 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (1.8%)	14.7	305^th of 349 public high schools	12.6%		13.3	305^th of 348 public high schools	12.4%								25.5								15.4				21.1		18.0		$19,988
Cobbet Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Franklin Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7341	616	57	10.8		17 (2.8%)	48 (7.8%)	524 (85.1%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	6.4	879^th of 906 public elementary schools	3.0%		8.8	871^st of 916 public elementary schools	4.9%	8	12.5	6.4	4.6					7.9	14.6	15.1	10.2					13.4	10.2			10.2			$21,723
E J Harrington	Public	PK, KG-5	21 Dexter Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7380	687	57	11.9		48 (7.0%)	55 (8.0%)	542 (78.9%)	28 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.7%)	7	875^th of 906 public elementary schools	3.4%		8.8	872^nd of 916 public elementary schools	4.8%	3	8.3	10.1	15.1					11.0	6.2	14.1	8.1					9.6	17.4			17.4			$22,447
Edward A Sisson	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Conomo Avenue	Lynn	01904	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7455	449	38	11.8		106 (23.6%)	31 (6.9%)	253 (56.3%)	42 (9.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	19.3	750^th of 906 public elementary schools	17.2%		16.8	779^th of 916 public elementary schools	15.0%	29	34.7	28.4	21.4					27.7	29.0	20.3	14.6					20.9	18.0			18.0			$23,284
Robert L Ford	Public	1-5	49 Hollingsworth St	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7375	410	37	11.1		14 (3.4%)	36 (8.8%)	344 (83.9%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	9	857^th of 906 public elementary schools	5.4%		6.1	897^th of 916 public elementary schools	2.1%	40	12.5	13.9	13.3					13.2	12.5	15.4	12.0					13.2	21.3			21.3			$21,364
Hood	Public	PK, KG-5	24 Oakwood Avenue	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7390	541	42	12.7		34 (6.3%)	39 (7.2%)	418 (77.3%)	37 (6.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	13.1	810^th of 906 public elementary schools	10.6%		15.9	790^th of 916 public elementary schools	13.8%	20	13.6	10.3	22.5					15.1	29.3	13.8	13.7					19.0	24.7			24.7			$21,273
Ingalls	Public	K-5	1 Collins Street Terrace	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7400	719	60	11.9		33 (4.6%)	54 (7.5%)	596 (82.9%)	28 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	6.4	880^th of 906 public elementary schools	2.9%		6.3	892^nd of 916 public elementary schools	2.6%	12	7.1	9.5	8.1					8.3	14.3	8.6	13.8					12.1	12.6			12.6			$20,444
Julia F Callahan	Public	PK, KG-5	200 O'Callaghan Way	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7340	373	39	9.5		55 (14.7%)	40 (10.7%)	235 (63.0%)	30 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	22	707^th of 906 public elementary schools	22.0%		17.2	773^rd of 916 public elementary schools	15.6%	66	36.7	18.6	16.7					24.6	36.7	13.6	18.8					23.4	33.3			33.3			$25,211
Lincoln-Thomson	Public	K-5	115 Gardiner Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7460	219	22	10.1		36 (16.4%)	10 (4.6%)	139 (63.5%)	26 (11.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	10.1	849^th of 906 public elementary schools	6.3%		14.9	804^th of 916 public elementary schools	12.2%	45	19.4	16.2	9.1					14.9	6.5	21.6	12.1					13.9	21.2			21.2			$25,426
Lynn English High	Public	9-12	50 Goodridge Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7366	2,062	137	15.0		118 (5.7%)	195 (9.5%)	1,542 (74.8%)	139 (6.7%)	12 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (2.6%)	9.2	326^th of 349 public high schools	6.6%		9.4	319^th of 348 public high schools	8.3%	7							17.1								10.5				16.2		13.5		$19,434
Lynn Woods	Public	K-5	31 Trevett Avenue	Lynn	01904	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7433	153	16	9.5		61 (39.9%)	5 (3.3%)	72 (47.1%)	9 (5.9%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.3%)	48.6	472^nd of 906 public elementary schools	47.9%		49.8	472^nd of 916 public elementary schools	48.5%		19.2	42.1	56.3					37.5	23.1	60.5	18.8					40.0	62.5			62.5			$26,779
Pickering Middle	Public	6-8	70 Conomo Avenue	Lynn	01904	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7440	583	59	9.8		110 (18.9%)	33 (5.7%)	347 (59.5%)	66 (11.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.1%)	27	340^th of 484 public middle schools	29.8%		22.4	372^nd of 493 public middle schools	24.5%	32				27.0	21.2	32.3		26.2				20.8	15.2	28.4		20.7		26.9		26.9		33.8	$24,052
Sewell-Anderson	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Ontario Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7444	300	23	12.9		49 (16.3%)	29 (9.7%)	194 (64.7%)	17 (5.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	29.5	639^th of 906 public elementary schools	29.5%		32.8	615^th of 916 public elementary schools	32.9%	24	34.4	31.4	21.7					30.0	28.1	28.6	34.8					30.0	39.1			39.1			$23,340
Tracy	Public	1-5	35 Walnut Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7466	397	33	11.9		9 (2.3%)	16 (4.0%)	354 (89.2%)	11 (2.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	14.3	793^rd of 906 public elementary schools	12.5%		22.4	714^th of 916 public elementary schools	22.1%	79	13.6	15.5	14.3					14.4	16.1	18.3	21.4					18.5	37.1			37.1			$23,538
Wm P Connery	Public	K-5	50 Elm Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7344	563	47	12.0		20 (3.6%)	36 (6.4%)	459 (81.5%)	36 (6.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	5.2	891^st of 906 public elementary schools	1.7%		6.9	888^th of 916 public elementary schools	3.1%	3	7.4	8.1	10.3					8.5	7.4	9.5	5.1					7.3	12.8			12.8			$20,715
Lynn Vocational Technical Institute	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	80 Neptune Blvd	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7431	1,584	130	12.1		157 (9.9%)	92 (5.8%)	1,240 (78.3%)	51 (3.2%)	7 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (2.1%)								(n/a)						12.4	40.4	12.2						11.6	24.8	11.5		11.3	26.3	11.3	15.8	18.6	$23,738
William R Fallon	Public	K-5	100 Robinson Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 477-7401	30	9	3.2		1 (3.3%)	8 (26.7%)	16 (53.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (16.7%)								(n/a)								0.0								5.6							$70,636
Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	33 North Common Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 268-3007	94	31	3.0		22 (23.4%)	5 (5.3%)	55 (58.5%)	4 (4.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.4%)								(n/a)							25.0	0.0							0.0	0.0							$53,163
Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	58 Blossom Street	Lynn	01902	Essex County	Lynn	No	No	No	Yes	(339) 883-1414	453	40	11.2		27 (6.0%)	80 (17.7%)	324 (71.5%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	10.5	847^th of 906 public elementary schools	6.5%		8.9	870^th of 916 public elementary schools	5.0%	23	14.3	13.4	17.1					15.1	12.5	11.9	11.8					12.1	26.3			26.3			$21,686
Early Childhood Center	Public	PK	100 Bennet Street	Lynn	01905	Essex County	Lynn	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(781) 477-7220	135	13	10.0		19 (14.1%)	8 (5.9%)	99 (73.3%)	9 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$30,042
Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy	Public, Alternative	9-11	300 Broad Street	Lynn	01901	Essex County	Lynn	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(781) 477-2292	235	16	15.1		15 (6.4%)	19 (8.1%)	179 (76.2%)	13 (5.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)								(n/a)							53.3								20.0				18.6		22.5		$21,463

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Swampscott	0.78 mi	3
KIPP Academy Lynn Charter	1.03 mi	1
Salem	2.63 mi	12	276^th
Peabody	2.73 mi	11	265^th
Marblehead	2.87 mi	5

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.