High Schools in Lynn

There are five high schools in the Lynn district in Massachusetts, serving grades 6–12, 8–12, and 9–12, with 5,770 students total; the district ranks 332 out of 351 statewide at the 5th percentile with 0 stars. Three large schools—Lynn English High, Classical High, and Lynn Vocational Technical Institute—enroll about 94.3% of all students, while Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy and Harold Durgin Success Academy together enroll only about 5.7%. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, so poverty cannot be analyzed from this list.

Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy is the clearest bright spot: it ranks 206 out of 353, the 42nd percentile, with 2 stars. It has the best 2025–2026 10th-grade results among these high schools in ELA, Math, Science, and Biology EOC, and its ELA score of 46.58% is above Massachusetts’ 45.48%, while its Biology EOC score of 37.50% is essentially at the state’s 37.68%. Still, its reported 0% All Grades ELA and Math are anomalous and should not cancel out its 10th-grade strengths. Lynn Vocational Technical Institute is the completion standout, with a 99.3% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate versus the district’s 75.6% and 20.2%, though its test scores are mixed across grades.

Among the larger schools, Classical High ranks 302 out of 353 with 1 star, a 74.2% graduation rate, and a 22.8% dropout rate; it is below the district in ELA and Math but above it in Science and Biology. Lynn English High is the largest school and the weakest current test-score performer, ranking 317 out of 353 with 1 star and falling below the district in all four 2025–2026 10th-grade subjects. Harold Durgin Success Academy is the extreme outlier: 94 students, a 3:1 student-teacher ratio, $41,810 per-student spending, and a 45.8% graduation rate and 45.8% dropout rate. Overall, the district faces significant performance pressure, but Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy and Lynn Vocational Technical Institute provide the clearest exceptions.