Pyne Arts

Pyne Arts is a mid-sized elementary school in Lowell, Massachusetts, (ZIP code 01852). The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 462 students. Elementary schools in Massachusetts have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.

Lowell has 27 schools; together they serve 14,457 students.

Hispanic students make up 40% of enrollment at Pyne Arts, the largest share of any group. Next come 34% White, 16% Asian, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 9% Hispanic among all Middlesex County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.

Pyne Arts reports a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher, from 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

In Middlesex County, home to about 1,638,365 people, the median household earns about $130,847 a year, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Middlesex County number 386, with about 215,896 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Leblanc Therapeutic Day School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Pyne Arts as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (469) to 2024-25 (462).

The Pyne Arts discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.