Early Childhood Center
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 135 | 100% |
Where Early Childhood Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #1,013 of 1,086 | #123 of 129 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -54.8% | #3 of 602 | #2 of 67 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 135 | 13.4 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 8 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 32 | 3.9 | 8.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 23 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 55% (299 to 135); teachers down 42% (23 to 13.4).
About Early Childhood Center
This page covers Early Childhood Center, a small elementary school in Lynn, Massachusetts. The school's 135 students are in pre-K. Enrollment is 65% lower than the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts, which is about 381.
Federal data list 27 schools in Lynn, with 16,364 students enrolled.
Roughly 73% of students at Early Childhood Center are Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% White, 7% Asian, and 6% Black. County-wide, 24% of Essex County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Early Childhood Center total 13.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
In the county around the school, Essex County, the median household income is $101,883, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Essex County is home to 221 public schools and about 113,427 public school students.
The nearest public school is Wm P Connery, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data put enrollment at 299 in 2017-18 and 135 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Over the same years, the Hispanic share grew from 66% to 73%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Early Childhood Center. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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