Lawrence Family Development Charter
1 elementary school in our rankings
Ranks #291 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–8 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Lawrence Family Development Charter is a charter school serving students in the city of Lawrence, located in the Merrimack Valley of northeastern Massachusetts about 30 miles north of Boston. Lawrence is an industrial city on the Merrimack River, known for its historic mill buildings and its role in the development of the American textile industry in the nineteenth century. The school operates as a public charter school, offering an alternative to traditional district schools within the city. Lawrence is also home to the Lawrence Heritage State Park, which preserves the story of the city's immigrant and labor history.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 1% of districts. Students attend 97.1% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 9% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 7.4% in 2022 to 1.9% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 5.5 points since 2023 (32.5926% to 27.06%); statewide it fell 2.4 points.
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Schools in Lawrence Family Development Charter
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.
Students & classrooms
55.5% female · 44.5% male
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 65 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
5.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 0.3% missed 20% or more of school days