The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Arlington Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 58 out of 328 districts

4,486

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	4.6%
Asian	8%
Hispanic	3%

Native American	0.2%
White	84.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.6%

Girls

49.4%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 63 out of 328 districts

9.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 30 out of 328 districts

6.1%

Students in special education
Rank: 224 out of 328 districts

13.6%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 196 out of 328 districts

8.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 140 out of 256 districts

2.1

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

0.7%

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

4.7%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 181 out of 327 districts

0.8%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	52.8%
4-yr public college	23.8%
2-yr private college	3%
2-yr public college	5.3%
Other education	2.3%

Joined workforce	5.7%
Military service	1.5%
Other	1.1%
Unknown	4.5%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

314

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 221 out of 328 districts

14.3 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 193 out of 328 districts

95.8%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.2%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 270 out of 328 districts

$45,782

Total school spending (FY04)

$34,508,810

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 202 out of 325 districts

$7,823

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 141 out of 308 districts

$6,779

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 139 out of 325 districts

$14,949

Number of students per computer
Rank: 205 out of 327 districts

5.2

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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