The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Agawam Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 62 out of 328 districts

4,336

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.2%
Asian	1.2%
Hispanic	2.2%

Native American	0.2%
White	95.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.6%

Girls

48.4%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 123 out of 328 districts

3.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 74 out of 328 districts

1.9%

Students in special education
Rank: 131 out of 328 districts

15.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 126 out of 328 districts

16.5%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 229 out of 256 districts

5.2

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 202 out of 328 districts

94.6%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

10.5%

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

3.9%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 42 out of 327 districts

3.1%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	23%
4-yr public college	31.4%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	30.7%
Other education	4.2%

Joined workforce	6.1%
Military service	2.7%
Other	0.4%
Unknown	1.5%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

321

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 177 out of 328 districts

13.5 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 183 out of 328 districts

96.1%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.2%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 245 out of 328 districts

$46,959

Total school spending (FY04)

$33,790,742

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 208 out of 325 districts

$7,753

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 221 out of 308 districts

$6,133

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 113 out of 325 districts

$15,584

Number of students per computer
Rank: 298 out of 327 districts

10.2

Classrooms on the Internet

62.2%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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