📍 59 Alder Street, Lawrence, Essex County, 01841
John K Tarbox is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lawrence, Essex County. The school has 275 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawrence school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John K Tarbox enrolls 275 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 267 | 97% |
| White | 6 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
John K Tarbox is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-30, state senate district 18, state house district 99.
John K Tarbox is one of 26 schools in Lawrence, based in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The district serves 13,313 students district-wide and employs 1,148 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 275 students, John K Tarbox is smaller than the district average of about 512 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large