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Cobbet Elementary
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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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