Sewell-Anderson
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 15 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 12 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sewell-Anderson
Located at 25 Ontario Street, in Lynn, Massachusetts, Sewell-Anderson is a low-enrollment elementary school that works with 300 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Lynn. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.
Sewell-Anderson is one of 27 schools operated by Lynn, a district that caters to 16,364 students overall.
Demographically, Sewell-Anderson logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
Zooming out to the county, Essex County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,883, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Essex County runs 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), of which Sewell-Anderson is one.
The closest other public school is Tracy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Over the past 7-year window. Sewell-Anderson's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 300). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 33% to 16%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
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