Lynn Public Schools See Student Population Increase During 2015-16 School Year

The Lynn Public School department recently posted the proposed fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget on its website. Included in the 103-page document were March 1, 2016 enrollment figures. While the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reports district and school level enrollment figures, that data is only valid as of October 1st in any given school year. The data included the proposed budget compared to the information posted by the DESE gives us a sense of how enrollment fluctuated during the current school year.

	Oct. 1, 2015	March 1, 2016	Difference
Aborn	255	260	+5
Brickett	291	282	-9
Callahan	497	507	+10
Cobbet	601	599	-2
Connery	635	634	-1
Drewicz	506	516	+10
Early Childhood Ctr	278	300	+22
Fallon	52	58	+6
Ford	507	508	+1
Harrington	642	655	+13
Hood	487	491	+4
Ingalls	688	683	-5
Lincoln-Thomson	261	254	-7
Lynn Woods	161	165	+4
Sewell Anderson	272	276	+4
Shoemaker	304	301	-3
Sisson	443	451	+8
Tracy	424	442	+18
Washington	467	454	-13
Breed	1,239	1,268	+29
Marshall	1,066	1,093	+27
Pickering	618	618	0
Lynn Classical	1,640	1,616	-24
Lynn English	1,646	1,638	-8
Lynn Tech	906	907	+1
Fecteau-Leary	212	237	+25
	15,098	15,213	+115

Fecteau-Leary Junior/Senior High School saw the biggest enrollment change between 10/1/15 and 3/1/16 with a 11.8% increase in the student population during that time period; the Early Childhood Center and Tracy Elementary also saw considerable increases (7.9% and 4.3% respectively). Overall the Lynn Public School District saw a 0.76% enrollment increase just when you compare these two enrollment dates, the equivalent of an additional 115 students.

Data Taken From:

• Lynn Public School Department, FY17 Proposed Budget: http://www.lynnschools.org/documents/superintendent/budgets/LPS_FY17%20Proposed%20School%20Budget.pdf
• Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=01630000&orgtypecode=5&