Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #293 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical High School is a public regional vocational-technical school serving students from the Greater Lawrence area of the Merrimack Valley in northeastern Massachusetts. Lawrence sits along the Merrimack River roughly 25 miles north of Boston, and the school draws students from communities in the surrounding region. Like other regional vocational schools in the Commonwealth, it combines a comprehensive academic curriculum with career-focused technical programs. The city of Lawrence is historically known as an industrial center, with its mill-era textile heritage shaping much of its architecture and identity.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 26% of districts. 97.5% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 12% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 21.4% in 2022 to 12.6% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 12 points since 2023 (51% to 39%); statewide it fell 13 points.
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Schools in Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.9% female · 51% male · 0.1% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 165 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.5% missed 20% or more of school days