The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Abington Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 139 out of 328 districts

2,388

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	2%
Asian	0.7%
Hispanic	1.3%

Native American	0%
White	96%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.2%

Girls

48.8%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 244 out of 328 districts

0.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 195 out of 328 districts

0.1%

Students in special education
Rank: 223 out of 328 districts

13.7%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 200 out of 328 districts

8.2%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 34 out of 256 districts

0.2

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 214 out of 328 districts

94.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

Students who received one or more out-of-school suspensions

0.9%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 162 out of 327 districts

0.9%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	39.5%
4-yr public college	27.4%
2-yr private college	2.4%
2-yr public college	22.6%
Other education	1.6%

Joined workforce	5.6%
Military service	0.8%
Other	0%
Unknown	0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

144

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 313 out of 328 districts

16.5 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 116 out of 328 districts

98.4%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

98.6%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 162 out of 328 districts

$50,376

Total school spending (FY04)

$14,784,554

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 322 out of 325 districts

$6,035

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 294 out of 308 districts

$5,260

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 288 out of 325 districts

$11,655

Number of students per computer
Rank: 269 out of 327 districts

7.6

Classrooms on the Internet

73.1%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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