Summary:
ZIP code 01905, in Lynn, Massachusetts, has just one public high school: Classical High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,795 students. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, there are no other local schools to compare it with, so families should weigh it against the Lynn district and the state. Classical High belongs to the Lynn district, which ranks 332 of 351 districts — the 5th percentile, with 0 stars. The school reports a student-teacher ratio of 14.3 and per-student spending of $15,272 (from 2020–2021). Free or reduced-price lunch information is not reported here.
On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, 10th graders at Classical High were proficient at 20.86% in English language arts, 16.16% in mathematics, 18.95% in science, and 19.48% in Biology (end of course). Those figures sit far below state averages — 45.48% in ELA, 43.73% in math, 40.50% in science, and 37.68% in Biology — gaps of roughly 18 to 28 percentage points, widest in math. Within Lynn, science (18.95% vs. 16.16%) and Biology (19.48% vs. 17.50%) come in above the district average, while ELA (20.86% vs. 22.61%) and math (16.16% vs. 16.56%) fall slightly below. The same pattern held in 2024–2025.
Completion outcomes are concerning: the 2024–2025 graduation rate of 74.2% trails the district's 75.6%, and the dropout rate of 22.8% is higher than the district's 20.2%. Rankings moved only slightly — from 305 of 348 schools (12th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 302 of 353 (14th percentile) in 2025–2026 — leaving Classical High a 1-star school near the bottom of the state. Year over year, ELA proficiency fell from 25.54% to 20.86% and science from 21.14% to 18.95%, while math edged up slightly. Overall, the school shows relative strength in science and biology within its district, but proficiency, graduation, and dropout measures remain well below state levels.
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