Lynnfield
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Lynnfield
Ranks #26 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 8%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Lynnfield is a suburban town in Essex County, roughly 12 miles north of Boston, and it constitutes the entire Lynnfield Public School District. The town is among the more affluent communities in Massachusetts, with single-family assessed home values and per capita income both ranking in the top 15 percent of the state's municipalities. Lynnfield is known for its residential character and its extensive conservation land, including the Lynnfield Center area and surrounding wooded tracts. The town was incorporated in 1814 after separating from Lynn, and it retains a largely small-town feel despite its proximity to the Route 1 and I-95 corridor.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 7% of districts. 99.3% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Huckleberry Hill, #62 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 14.7% in 2022 to 6.3% 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 Lynnfield
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 (Lynnfield High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.4% female · 50.4% 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 160 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 0.9% missed 20% or more of school days
About Lynnfield
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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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