Julia F Callahan
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 5 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Julia F Callahan
Julia F Callahan is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Lynn, Massachusetts, part of Lynn, enrolling 373 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Lynn comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 16,364 students; Julia F Callahan is among them.
On demographics, Julia F Callahan logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 15% White, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Julia F Callahan records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Essex County runs 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), of which Julia F Callahan is one.
Nearest neighbor: Classical High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Julia F Callahan operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. Julia F Callahan's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 373). Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.
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