Lawrence

Lawrence is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Falmouth, Massachusetts, run under Falmouth. The school instructs 474 students in grades 7 through 8.

Falmouth runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,866 students. Lawrence is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lawrence shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Barnstable County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lawrence shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Lawrence tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Barnstable County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,241, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lawrence is one of 49 public schools in Barnstable County (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mullen-Hall, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lawrence.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 599 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 81% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.