Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy

Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy is one of the minimally staffed high schools in Lynn, Massachusetts, part of Lynn, with 235 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 11. Compared to the state average of about 777 students per school, that is 70% smaller than typical.

Lynn comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 16,364 students; Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest reads as 8% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $101,883, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy is one of 221 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students).

Nearest neighbor: E J Harrington, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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