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Wm P Connery
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wm P Connery
Wm P Connery is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Lynn, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Lynn, with 563 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 381.
Wm P Connery is one of 27 schools operated by Lynn, a district that educates 16,364 students overall.
On demographics, Wm P Connery lists that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wm P Connery has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,883 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Essex County's 221 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students), Wm P Connery is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is A Drewicz Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wm P Connery has edged down 12%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 72% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Wm P Connery community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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