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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01902


At a glance
8
Schools
3,968
Students
Top rankedAborn410th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Hood up 24 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Cobbet Elementary 10.8 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
3★
1★
0★
Summary:

ZIP code 01902 is home to eight elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 5 (some PK–5), all part of the Lynn district in Massachusetts, with a combined enrollment of 3,968 students and individual school sizes ranging from 224 at Aborn to 719 at Ingalls. The district ranks 332 of 351 in the state — about the 5th percentile — with 0 stars. Statewide proficiency is roughly 40–41% in ELA, math, and science, while Lynn district rates are far lower: 16.3% ELA, 14.02% math, and 15.35% science.

Aborn is the clear standout: ranked 410 of 899 (54th percentile) with 3 stars, and 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency of 48.54% ELA, 37.86% math, and 42.42% science — the only school here whose ELA and science scores beat state averages. Hood is the best of the rest at 786 of 899 (13th percentile, 1 star), with ELA 17.67%, math 21.69%, and science 23.17%, above the district in all three subjects. No school other than Aborn reaches the state average in any subject, and most other schools sit roughly 18–34 points below the state.

Elsewhere, Robert L Ford improved from the 2nd to the 7th percentile, while E J Harrington has the lowest rank (885 of 899) and lowest math score (7.39%). Cobbet Elementary has the lowest science score, 3.16%, and wide grade-level swings in math (2.02%, 25.25%, 5.26% across grades 3–5); Washington Elementary School shows 24.29% in 3rd-grade ELA but 2.53% in 5th-grade math. Resources don't explain results: Hood has the lowest spending ($14,474) and highest student-teacher ratio (12.7) yet the best non-Aborn scores, while Brickett Elementary has the highest spending ($16,660). Note that free/reduced-lunch data are blank for all schools, and spending figures are from 2020–2021.

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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.

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