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City on a Hill Charter Public School → Greater Egleston High School → Community Charter School of Cambridge → Melvin H. King South End Academy → Codman Academy Charter Public School → Full Circle High School → Community Academy → Waltham Valor High School →At a glance
- 7 AP courses offered — Strong
- 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 84% in 2019 (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Lyon High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: City on a Hill Charter Public School, Greater Egleston High School, Community Charter School of Cambridge and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
64th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -9.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 95 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City on a Hill Charter Public School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 78 | -65.9% |
| Greater Egleston High School Roxbury |
Public | 4.1 | 77 | -6.1% |
| Community Charter School of Cambridge Cambridge |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 118 | -35.2% |
| Melvin H. King South End Academy Boston |
Public | 4.5 | 76 | -36.7% |
| Codman Academy Charter Public School Dorchester |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 121 | -16.6% |
| Full Circle High School Somerville |
Public | 4.1 | 66 | +26.9% |
| Community Academy Jamaica Plain |
Public | 4.2 | 58 | — |
| Waltham Valor High School Waltham |
Public | 4.6 | 49 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantLyon High School is a public high school in Brighton, MA, enrolling 95 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 64% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
11 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 15% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 95 students per school counselor.
39% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Lyon High School offer? Lyon High School offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 64% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Lyon High School's graduation rate? Lyon High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Lyon High School? Lyon High School is a public high school in Brighton, MA, enrolling 95 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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