The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Ashland Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 128 out of 328 districts

2,629

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	2.7%
Asian	4.5%
Hispanic	4.1%

Native American	0.5%
White	88.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.6%

Girls

49.4%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 74 out of 328 districts

7.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 69 out of 328 districts

2.1%

Students in special education
Rank: 268 out of 328 districts

12.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 207 out of 328 districts

7.6%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 33 out of 256 districts

0.2

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 85 out of 328 districts

95.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

3.9%

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

1.3%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 232 out of 327 districts

0.5%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	45.8%
4-yr public college	26.4%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	9.7%
Other education	4.9%

Joined workforce	11.1%
Military service	0%
Other	0.7%
Unknown	1.4%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

177

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 259 out of 328 districts

14.9 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 176 out of 328 districts

96.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

95.9%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 163 out of 328 districts

$50,308

Total school spending (FY04)

$19,270,030

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 232 out of 325 districts

$7,475

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 192 out of 308 districts

$6,339

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 137 out of 325 districts

$14,991

Number of students per computer
Rank: 286 out of 327 districts

9.1

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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