Lynn
4 high schools and 17 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Lynn
Ranks #297 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Lynn is a city on Massachusetts' North Shore, roughly 10 miles northeast of Boston along the Atlantic coast. Its public school district serves the city's students through several high schools, including Classical High, Lynn English High, Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy, and Lynn Vocational Technical Institute. Historically a center of shoe manufacturing, Lynn later became known for its beaches, the Lynn Woods Reservation, and the Lynn Heritage State Park along the Saugus River. The city's mix of older residential neighborhoods and a waterfront setting gives it a distinctly urban-coastal character.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Graduation rate, in the bottom 16% of districts. 86.6% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 42.1% in 2022 to 30.8% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Lynn
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. "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.9% female · 52.1% 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 1,312 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
15.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 11% missed 20% or more of school days
About Lynn
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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