Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to K

John Breen School, Lawrence, MA

CEP schoolJohn Breen School is a public elementary school in Lawrence, part of Lawrence School District. It enrolled 262 students in 2024-25, with 10.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 262
Teachers (FTE): 26.0
Students per teacher: 10.1
Grades: PK to K

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower than the district figure of 11.5. The Massachusetts average across schools is 12.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.1

District11.5

Massachusetts12.0

United States15.3

School details

Address: 114 Osgood Street, Lawrence, MA 01841
Phone: (978)975-5932
District: Lawrence School District
County: Essex County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 250666000730

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Direct certification: 224Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lawrence School District

South Lawrence East Elementary School 666 students
Edward F. Parthum 656 students
Robert Frost 568 students
Arlington Elementary 558 students
Francis M Leahy 525 students
Gerard A. Guilmette 485 students
Emily G Wetherbee 480 students
Oliver Elementary School 469 students
James F Hennessey 300 students
John K Tarbox 281 students
Lawlor Early Childhood Center 205 students
Lawrence Family Public Academy 202 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lawrence

Community Day Charter Public School Community Day Charter Public School
Lawrence Family Development Charter School Lawrence Family Development Charter

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.