Francis M Leahy

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Francis M Leahy educates 525 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Lawrence. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Lawrence runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. Francis M Leahy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Francis M Leahy logs that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Francis M Leahy records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Essex County put the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 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), Francis M Leahy is one campus in the mix.

School for Exceptional Studies is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Francis M Leahy.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Francis M Leahy's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 525). Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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