Arlington Middle School

As a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Arlington Middle School hosts 543 students from grades 5 through 8, operated by Lawrence.

Within Lawrence, which oversees 26 schools and 13,313 students, Arlington Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Arlington Middle School reports that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Essex County) reports that median household income runs about $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Arlington Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arlington Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arlington Middle School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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