Lawrence Primary School
27 Francis St
Brookline MA, 02446, Norfolk County
Phone: 617-879-4300
Ranking: (232 out of 1,316, top 18%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Brookline School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 45 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 43 | 41 | |||||||
Total Students: | 658 | 650 | 637 | 612 | 600 | 588 | 558 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 87 | 13.2% | 85 | 13.1% | 85 | 13.3% | 69 | 11.3% | 77 | 12.8% | 70 | 11.9% | 65 | 11.6% |
Grade 1: | 84 | 12.8% | 92 | 14.2% | 69 | 10.8% | 86 | 14.1% | 70 | 11.7% | 65 | 11.1% | 73 | 13.1% |
Grade 2: | 87 | 13.2% | 64 | 9.8% | 90 | 14.1% | 70 | 11.4% | 64 | 10.7% | 77 | 13.1% | 81 | 14.5% |
Grade 3: | 63 | 9.6% | 91 | 14.0% | 66 | 10.4% | 67 | 10.9% | 79 | 13.2% | 85 | 14.5% | 51 | 9.1% |
Grade 4: | 91 | 13.8% | 66 | 10.2% | 65 | 10.2% | 72 | 11.8% | 68 | 11.3% | 51 | 8.7% | 60 | 10.8% |
Grade 5: | 63 | 9.6% | 59 | 9.1% | 70 | 11.0% | 69 | 11.3% | 57 | 9.5% | 63 | 10.7% | 61 | 10.9% |
Grade 6: | 54 | 8.2% | 70 | 10.8% | 71 | 11.1% | 53 | 8.7% | 58 | 9.7% | 57 | 9.7% | 48 | 8.6% |
Grade 7: | 61 | 9.3% | 69 | 10.6% | 51 | 8.0% | 54 | 8.8% | 56 | 9.3% | 47 | 8.0% | 42 | 7.5% |
Grade 8: | 68 | 10.3% | 54 | 8.3% | 55 | 8.6% | 56 | 9.2% | 42 | 7.0% | 43 | 7.3% | 46 | 8.2% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 340 | 51.7% | 327 | 50.3% | 314 | 49.3% | 308 | 50.3% | 298 | 49.7% | 297 | 50.5% | 274 | 49.1% |
Female: | 318 | 48.3% | 323 | 49.7% | 323 | 50.7% | 304 | 49.7% | 302 | 50.3% | 291 | 49.5% | 246 | 44.1% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 187 | 28.4% | 181 | 27.8% | 171 | 26.8% | 162 | 26.5% | 156 | 26.0% | 178 | 30.3% | 153 | 27.4% |
Hispanic: | 57 | 8.7% | 64 | 9.8% | 66 | 10.4% | 55 | 9.0% | 47 | 7.8% | 48 | 8.2% | 42 | 7.5% |
Black: | 38 | 5.8% | 37 | 5.7% | 40 | 6.3% | 41 | 6.7% | 40 | 6.7% | 38 | 6.5% | 47 | 8.4% |
White: | 320 | 48.6% | 309 | 47.5% | 298 | 46.8% | 298 | 48.7% | 313 | 52.2% | 284 | 48.3% | 282 | 50.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 55 | 8.4% | 58 | 8.9% | 62 | 9.7% | 55 | 9.0% | 44 | 7.3% | 40 | 6.8% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 8.7% | 68 | 10.5% | 67 | 10.5% | 69 | 11.3% | 50 | 8.3% | 53 | 9.0% | 57 | 10.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 17 | 2.6% | 15 | 2.3% | 19 | 3.0% | 16 | 2.6% | 13 | 2.2% | 19 | 3.2% | 8 | 1.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.69 | 13.53 | 13.65 | 12.92 | 13.00 | 13.60 | 13.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MCAS | ||||||
2003 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 64.2% | 73.2% | N/A |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 71% | 79% | 59% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70% | 74% | 56% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77% | 77% | 57% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70% | 77% | 63% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 72% | 73% | 61% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75% | 77% | 61% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 63% | 70% | 57% |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55% | 70% | 52% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65% | 75% | 60% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83% | 80% | 61% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90% | 84% | 60% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82% | 79% | 65% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76% | 80% | 66% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80% | 78% | 61% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 71% | 75% | 67% |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 71% | 78% | 63% |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79% | 78% | 62% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 61% | 76% | 58% |
2003 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.2% | 68.4% | 56% |
2004 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69% | 73% | 56% |
2005 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54% | 67% | 50% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53% | 67% | 50% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 57% | 75% | 56% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60% | 66% | 49% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67% | 71% | 53% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76% | 74% | 54% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60% | 67% | 53% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75% | 72% | 57% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76% | 69% | 53% |
2003 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.6% | 55.2% | 40% |
2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53% | 62% | 42% |
2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 32% | 52% | 41% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 61% | 67% | 40% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54% | 62% | 48% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49% | 63% | 49% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56% | 69% | 48% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 75% | 48% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65% | 70% | 47% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65% | 69% | 51% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69% | 71% | 52% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71% | 81% | 59% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 81% | 82% | 63% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 66% | 82% | 61% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 84% | 63% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75% | 80% | 63% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 80% | 87% | 67% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 74% | 80% | 61% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % proficient | 81% | 79% | 65% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 66% | 67% | 43% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 79% | 72% | 51% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63% | 73% | 52% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 73% | 80% | 54% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 80% | 55% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84% | 84% | 59% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 72% | 78% | 57% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % proficient | 76% | 78% | 61% |
2003 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 69.77% | 52% | 52% |
2004 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 61% | 60% | 55% |
2005 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 58% | 60% | 51% |
2006 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 64% | 60% | 50% |
2007 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 66% | 67% | 51% |
2008 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 48% | 63% | 50% |
2009 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63% | 68% | 49% |
2010 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 65% | 73% | 53% |
2011 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63% | 67% | 50% |
2012 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 62% | 64% | 52% |
2013 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63% | 62% | 51% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 90% | 87% | 64% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 80% | 88% | 67% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 80% | 84% | 67% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 74% | 88% | 66% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 86% | 91% | 69% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 86% | 86% | 68% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 92% | 87% | 66% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % proficient | 83% | 86% | 67% |
2003 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 68.6% | 68.5% | 42% |
2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 63% | 71% | 42% |
2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 75% | 76% | 46% |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 84% | 76% | 46% |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 64% | 77% | 52% |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 77% | 78% | 56% |
2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 66% | 81% | 57% |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 71% | 83% | 59% |
2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 84% | 83% | 58% |
2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 88% | 83% | 60% |
2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % proficient | 85% | 80% | 60% |
2003 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 86.8% | 82.2% | 66% |
2004 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 91% | 88% | 68% |
2005 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 77% | 83% | 66% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 84% | 85% | 65% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 93% | 89% | 69% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 82% | 90% | 69% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 90% | 90% | 70% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 85% | 90% | 72% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 92% | 73% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 90% | 89% | 71% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 88% | 71% |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 57% | 68% | 40% |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 76% | 74% | 46% |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 77% | 72% | 47% |
2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 77% | 74% | 49% |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 78% | 53% |
2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 70% | 82% | 51% |
2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 68% | 78% | 51% |
2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % proficient | 85% | 79% | 52% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 83% | 88% | 74% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 88% | 90% | 75% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 100% | 90% | 75% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 93% | 78% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 91% | 91% | 78% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 93% | 79% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 94% | 81% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % proficient | 90% | 92% | 78% |
2003 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.5% | 63.6% | 37% |
2004 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75% | 67% | 39% |
2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67% | 72% | 39% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 68% | 69% | 40% |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81% | 70% | 45% |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 91% | 76% | 49% |
2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 81% | 76% | 48% |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 75% | 51% |
2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78% | 78% | 52% |
2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 68% | 80% | 52% |
2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % proficient | 85% | 82% | 54% |
2003 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 54.6% | 50.1% | 32% |
2004 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 30% | 50% | 33% |
2005 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 31% | 56% | 33% |
2006 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 39% | 53% | 32% |
2007 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 59% | 49% | 33% |
2008 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 71% | 63% | 39% |
2009 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 58% | 39% |
2010 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 46% | 57% | 40% |
2011 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 49% | 53% | 39% |
2012 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 51% | 66% | 43% |
2013 | Science and Technology/Engineering | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55% | 61% | 39% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Lawrence Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.