Abbott Lawrence Academy

Abbott Lawrence Academy (ALA) is a small, accelerated 9-12th grade honors high school within the larger Lawrence High School campus. Founded in 2015 with an inaugural 9th grade class, ALA was created to retain the best and brightest students of the city. ALA is the district’s first exam high school, admitting students each year through a rigorous application and entrance exam process, enrolling only up to 100 students per year. ALA offers students in Lawrence an opportunity previously unavailable to most: the chance to experience a rich and rewarding honors education in the tradition of the most prestigious independent schools in the country, free of charge. We currently have 90 seniors, 82 juniors, 82 sophomores, and 70 freshmen, and graduated our first class in the spring of 2019. Our current school demographic breakdown is: 84% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% White, 1% African-American, and 1% Multi-Race. As part of the Lawrence High School campus, ALA is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.