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Does Thurgood Marshall Mid have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,310
Middle
DISTRICT 1,053 · STATE 547
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNN·NCES 250711000301
Thurgood Marshall Mid
100 Brookline Street, Lynn, MA 01902 · (781) 477-7360 · Essex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,310 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Massachusetts public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 478 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 489 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 26% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
15.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -12.0pp since 2016
Math
11.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -13.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 12 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2018-19 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Thurgood Marshall Mid ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #287 of 304 ▼ 1 | #37 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #287 of 304 ▼ 2 | #38 of 40 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #73 of 299 | #13 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,310 | #3 of 310 | #3 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #193 of 296 | #26 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #149 of 296 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #67 of 82 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,310
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+51% since 2000-01, when it was 865
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,310 | 105.8 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,280 | 97.9 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,215 | 98.4 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,317 | 93 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,293 | 85 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,066 | 73 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 930 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 93% (868) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | N/A | N/A | 84% (729) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Mid.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,293 to 1,310); teachers up 24% (85 to 105.8).
About Thurgood Marshall Mid
Thurgood Marshall Mid is a large middle school in Lynn, located in Lynn, Massachusetts. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 1,310 students. The average for middle schools in Massachusetts is about 547 students, so this school is 139% larger than average.
The district, Lynn, has 16,364 students enrolled across 27 schools.
Roughly 72% of students at Thurgood Marshall Mid are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% Black, 8% White, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County residents are about 24% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 105.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is higher than the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.
allk12 grades Thurgood Marshall Mid an F. The grade compares the school only with Massachusetts public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Essex County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,883, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Essex County is home to 221 public schools and about 113,427 public school students.
Brickett Elementary is the public school closest to Thurgood Marshall Mid, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Thurgood Marshall Mid has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,317 in 2020-21, 1,310 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.2:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Thurgood Marshall Mid. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
813,054
Census ACS
Median income
$101,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
221
113,427 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall MidHow large is Thurgood Marshall Mid?
Thurgood Marshall Mid enrolls approximately 1,310 students in grades 06-08.
Is Thurgood Marshall Mid an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thurgood Marshall Mid is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thurgood Marshall Mid?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thurgood Marshall Mid is approximately 12.4:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thurgood Marshall Mid?
At Thurgood Marshall Mid, the student body is approximately 8% White, 72% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Thurgood Marshall Mid?
Thurgood Marshall Mid is overseen by Lynn in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.