📍 165 Crawford Street, Lawrence, Essex County, 01843
Spark Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lawrence, Essex County. The school has 437 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawrence school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Spark Academy enrolls 437 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 40.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% White and 1.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 414 | 95% |
| White | 16 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Spark Academy 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 98.
Spark Academy 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 437 students, Spark Academy is close to the district average of about 512 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large