The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Amesbury Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 129 out of 328 districts

2,613

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.5%
Asian	0.8%
Hispanic	1.9%

Native American	0.4%
White	95.4%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.9%

Girls

49.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 187 out of 328 districts

1.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 141 out of 328 districts

0.5%

Students in special education
Rank: 122 out of 328 districts

16.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 148 out of 328 districts

13.4%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 163 out of 256 districts

2.6

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 184 out of 328 districts

94.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

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

6.2%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 54 out of 327 districts

2.8%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	28.7%
4-yr public college	22.2%
2-yr private college	2.3%
2-yr public college	25.7%
Other education	2.9%

Joined workforce	14%
Military service	3.5%
Other	0.6%
Unknown	0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

189

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 195 out of 328 districts

13.8 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 104 out of 328 districts

98.7%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

98.8%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 282 out of 328 districts

$44,586

Total school spending (FY04)

$20,633,377

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 207 out of 325 districts

$7,776

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 168 out of 308 districts

$6,594

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 120 out of 325 districts

$15,382

Number of students per computer
Rank: 283 out of 327 districts

8.8

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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