Enrollment
95
High
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 777
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSTON·NCES 250279002674
Lyon High School
95 Beechcroft Street, Brighton, MA 02135 · (617) 635-8351 · Suffolk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 23.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Community
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 18 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 29 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 20 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
5.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -28.0pp since 2018
Math
5.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -2.0pp since 2018
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.0% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 13.0% |
| 2018-19 | 33.0% | 7.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Lyon High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 95 | #344 of 379 | #39 of 43 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
95
-42 (-31%) vs 2020
+70% since 2010-11, when it was 56
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 8.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95 | 14.2 | 6.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 102 | 15.6 | 6.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 116 | 16.4 | 7.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 137 | 16 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 124 | 17.3 | 7.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 131 | 15 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 56 | 8 | 7.0:1 | 39% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (124 to 95); teachers down 18% (17.3 to 14.2).
About Lyon High School
Lyon High School is a very small high school located in Brighton, Massachusetts. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 95 students on the rolls. High schools in Massachusetts average about 777 students, which makes this school 88% below average.
The 109 schools of Boston, including Lyon High School, enroll 46,437 students.
The student body at Lyon High School is 52% Hispanic. It is also 21% Black, 11% White, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Suffolk County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Lyon High School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 6.7 students per teacher. The gap from the 23.4:1 average for high schools in Massachusetts is 16.7 students per teacher.
Suffolk County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $95,631, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 157 public schools in the county, enrolling about 75,679, Lyon High School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lyon K-8 School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Lyon High School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 42 students, from 137 to 95. Students per teacher dropped from 8.6 in 2020-21 to 6.7 in 2024-25.
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Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
785,121
Census ACS
Median income
$95,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
157
75,679 students
Quick facts
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- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 667 students
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- Lyon K-8 SchoolElementary · 143 students
Nearby schools
- Lyon K-8 School0.1 mi · 143
- Winship Elementary School0.4 mi · 353
- Edison Elementary School0.5 mi · 502
- Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School0.8 mi · 426
- Brighton High School0.8 mi · 667
- Bigelow Middle1.0 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Lyon High SchoolHow large is Lyon High School?
Lyon High School enrolls approximately 95 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lyon High School serve?
Lyon High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Lyon High School have?
Lyon High School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Lyon High School?
Student demographics at Lyon High School are roughly 11% White, 52% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lyon High School in?
Lyon High School is part of Boston.
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