Robert L Ford

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Lynn, Massachusetts, Robert L Ford educates 410 students from grades 1 through 5, run under Lynn.

Across the 27 schools in Lynn (16,364 students total), Robert L Ford accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Robert L Ford reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 9% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Robert L Ford has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Essex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Robert L Ford is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 74% to 84%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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