[7] A program for recent immigrant students called Engaging Newcomers in Language and Content Education (ENLACE) Academy was established.

[9] According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2021–2022 academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Lawrence High School (Massachusetts) are as follows:

In 2010, more than one out of every four students at LHS had dropped out and only 35 percent of 10th graders were assessed as being proficient in mathematics, according to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education standardized testing results.

As a result, the school district was put under receivership by the state Board of Education in January 2012.

The Legislature gave the receivers extraordinary powers, including extending the school day, changing collective-bargaining agreements, or requiring all staff to reapply for their positions.

At the same time, state lawmakers were willing to sweep the system clean in the worst districts if that's what it took to end the cycle of failure that did not happen in Lawrence.

[13] On 20 October 2021, a fight occurred following the school dismissal, which resulted in the arrest of four minors and an adult.