Friday, December 26, 2014

Lynn Public School District Demographics 2014-15

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently published the 2014-15 demographic reports for public school districts in the state. Per the DESE data, there are 14,871 students enrolled in the Lynn Public School district (which does not include those enrolled in charter school) as of October 1, 2014. This is an increase of 493 from October 1, 2013. In terms of the race/ethnicity, the breakdown is as follows (the numbers in parentheses represent the percent change from school year 2013-14):

  • African American/Black: 10.7% (-0.3)
  • Asian: 9.2% (-0.6)
  • Hispanic/Latino: 56.4% (+1.9)
  • Native American: 0.3% (0)
  • White: 19.6% (-1.3)
  • Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic: 3.7% (0)

In terms of special populations, LPS is comprised of a significant number of students who speak English as a second language as well as low income students.

  • First Language not English: 54.1% (+0.1)
  • English Language Learner: 18.8% (+1)
  • Special Education: 15.4% (-0.4)

Additionally, the Lynn Public School district's student population is 53% male and 47% female.


Below is a breakdown of the special populations listed above by individual school. The plus or minus numbers in the 'Total Enrollment' column is the change from 2013-14.

Key
FLnE = First Language not English
ELL = English Language Learner




FLnE*
ELL*
Special Education
Total Enrollment
Aborn
25.2%
6.6%
7%
258 (+10)
Brickett
42.6%
13.7%
5.5%
291 (-11)
Callahan
36.3%
9.7%
17.3%
496 (+5)
Cobbet
69.9%
38.5%
10.9%
595 (+1)
Connery
72.2%
32.8%
6.5%
611 (+29)
Drewicz
64%
30.9%
12.1%
511  (+53)
Early Childhood Ctr
44.4%
29.7%
15.7%
286 (0)
Fallon
25%
2.5%
 97.5%
 40 (-8)
Ford
64.1%
27.6%
5.7%
526 (+19)
Harrington
65.1%
32.3%
12.7%
656 (+33)
Hood 
46%
18.1%
7.3%
454 (+15)
Ingalls
58.1%
30.1%
10.3%
738 (+5)
Lincoln-Thomson
33.6%
13%
6.2%
292 (+26)
Lynn Woods
6%
0.5%
17.9%
168 (-7)
Sewell Anderson
31%
12.5%
20.9%
297 (+8)
Shoemaker
19.1%
2.7%
28.5%
298 (+3)
Sisson
26.4%
6.4%
13%
454 (+2)
Tracy
67%
34.7%
4.5%
403 (+11)
Washington
57.6%
28.7%
10.7%
450 (+93)










Breed
61.1%
10.4%
18.7%
1,197 (-23)
Marshall
64.6%
16.6%
18.5%
1,001 (+44)
Pickering
33.4%
1.5%
20.1%
647 (+1)










Lynn Classical
58.5%
15.9%
14.7%
1,611 (+113)
Lynn English
58.2%
18.1%
12.4%
1,616 (+5)
Lynn Tech
61.4%
14.3%
27%
855 (+105)
Fecteau-Leary 
40.3%
0.8%
41.2%
119 (-38)
 


All Data Taken from: www.doe.mass.edu

Monday, December 1, 2014

Lynn School Finance FY15

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently released preliminary fiscal year 2015 (FY15) school finance information. Lynn's information is as follows for FY15: 


 

The difference between the city's foundation budget and required net school spending amounts was discussed here. As of this most recent report, public education in Lynn is underfunded by $11,264,249 (required net school spending minus budgeted amount); this figure is 1.2% over the state's threshold for the incurring penalties which include the loss of state (Chapter 70) aid. In order to at least meet the 95% figure which would allow the city to avoid financial penalties, the city would have to add an additional $1,741,612.80  to the school budget based on these most recent figures.


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Source: Chapter 70 District Profiles; http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/chapter70/