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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNN·NCES 250711001068
Cobbet Elementary
40 Franklin Street, Lynn, MA 01902 · (781) 477-7341 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
8.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -13.0pp since 2016
Math
13.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -16.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 16 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 8.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.0% | 39.0% |
| 2017-18 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| 2016-17 | 21.0% | 29.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Cobbet Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #863 of 920 ▼ 5 | #101 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #909 of 920 ▼ 2 | #108 of 111 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #203 of 901 | #26 of 107 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #113 of 1,086 | #16 of 129 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #227 of 938 | #26 of 115 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #808 of 938 | #80 of 115 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #508 of 602 | #53 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
616
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 616 | 56.6 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 53.5 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 51.8 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 46 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 43.5 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 41 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 90% (579) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 83% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cobbet Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (639 to 616); teachers up 30% (43.5 to 56.6).
About Cobbet Elementary
Cobbet Elementary is an elementary school in Lynn, Massachusetts, according to federal school records. A total of 616 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 381 students, so this school is 62% bigger than average.
Cobbet Elementary is one school in a 27-school district, Lynn, which enrolls 16,364 students.
The student body at Cobbet Elementary is 85% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. Cobbet Elementary's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 10.9 students per teacher and 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.3 below the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
According to the American Community Survey, in Essex County, the median household income is $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 221 public schools in Essex County, enrolling about 113,427 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 610 students in 2020-21 and 616 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.3 to 10.9 over 4 years.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
813,054
Census ACS
Median income
$101,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
221
113,427 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Lynn
- Lynn English HighHigh · 2,062 students
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- KIPP Academy Lynn Charter SchoolCombined · 1,637 students
- Lynn Vocational Technical InstituteCombined · 1,584 students
- Thurgood Marshall MidMiddle · 1,310 students
- Breed Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,265 students
Nearby schools
- Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School0.0 mi · 94
- Washington Elementary School0.2 mi · 453
- KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School0.3 mi · 1,637
- Lynn Vocational Technical Institute0.4 mi · 1,584
- Wm P Connery0.5 mi · 563
- Robert L Ford0.6 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Cobbet ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cobbet Elementary?
Cobbet Elementary enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cobbet Elementary serve?
Cobbet Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cobbet Elementary?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Cobbet Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cobbet Elementary?
At Cobbet Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 85% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cobbet Elementary public or private?
Cobbet Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynn.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.