Emily G Wetherbee

Emily G Wetherbee is a mid-sized elementary school found in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Enrollment totals 480 students across kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in Massachusetts, the average enrollment is about 381.

Emily G Wetherbee is in Lawrence, a district with 13,313 students across 26 schools.

Hispanic students are 93% of those enrolled at Emily G Wetherbee. Next come 3% White and 3% Asian. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Essex County residents. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Emily G Wetherbee are from different groups.

Its ratio of 8.7:1 is based on 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Massachusetts average 12.2:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here.

Among Massachusetts public elementary schools, Emily G Wetherbee outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

In the wider Essex County area, the median household earns about $101,883 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Emily G Wetherbee shares Essex County with 220 other public schools.

Emily G Wetherbee is about 0.5 miles from High School Learning Center, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Emily G Wetherbee in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 480, down from 567 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 8.7:1, from 10.1:1.

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