The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Acushnet Public Schools

Grades served

K-8

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 229 out of 328 districts

1,117

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.3%
Asian	0.4%
Hispanic	0.1%

Native American	0.2%
White	98.1%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.9%

Girls

48.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 265 out of 328 districts

0.2%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

Students in special education
Rank: 281 out of 328 districts

12.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 138 out of 328 districts

14.8%

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

0.5%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 154 out of 327 districts

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)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 310 out of 328 districts

16.4 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 1 out of 328 districts

100%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 263 out of 328 districts

$46,040

Total school spending (FY04)

$7,405,962

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 315 out of 325 districts

$6,665

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 296 out of 308 districts

$5,069

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 65 out of 325 districts

$18,215

Number of students per computer
Rank: 16 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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