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Cobbet Elementary
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cobbet Elementary
Cobbet Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Lynn, Massachusetts, overseen by Lynn. Current enrollment sits at 616 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 62% above typical.
Cobbet Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Lynn, a district that caters to 16,364 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Cobbet Elementary logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household earnings sit near $101,883, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Cobbet Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Looking at the recent track record. Cobbet Elementary's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 639 (now 616). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 79% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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