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Acton Public Schools

Grades served

K-6

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 130 out of 328 districts

2,568

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0.6%
Asian	19.1%
Hispanic	2%

Native American	0%
White	78.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.2%

Girls

48.8%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 27 out of 328 districts

19.7%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 84 out of 328 districts

1.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 145 out of 328 districts

15.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 299 out of 328 districts

2.4%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: N.A. out of 256 districts

N.A.

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 17 out of 328 districts

96.6%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.3%

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

0.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 248 out of 327 districts

0.4%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	N.A.%
4-yr public college	N.A.%
2-yr private college	N.A.%
2-yr public college	N.A.%
Other education	N.A.%

Joined workforce	N.A.%
Military service	N.A.%
Other	N.A.%
Unknown	N.A.%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

142

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 327 out of 328 districts

18.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 165 out of 328 districts

96.6%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

96.7%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 82 out of 328 districts

$53,733

Total school spending (FY04)

$18,585,645

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 245 out of 325 districts

$7,379

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 252 out of 308 districts

$5,917

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 212 out of 325 districts

$13,262

Number of students per computer
Rank: 274 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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