Pickering Middle

Located at 70 Conomo Avenue, in Lynn, Massachusetts, Pickering Middle is a moderately sized middle school that enrolls 583 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Lynn.

Within Lynn, which oversees 27 schools and 16,364 students, Pickering Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Pickering Middle logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% White, 11% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Essex County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 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 Pickering Middle is one.

Edward A Sisson is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pickering Middle's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 583). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 43% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.