High School Learning Center

High School Learning Center, a micro-enrollment senior high in Lawrence, Massachusetts, part of Lawrence, instructs 198 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 777.

Lawrence runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. High School Learning Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, High School Learning Center records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, High School Learning Center logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting High School Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household income runs about $101,883, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), of which High School Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Emily G Wetherbee, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 187 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.