The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Attleboro Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 25 out of 328 districts

6,308

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	4%
Asian	5.6%
Hispanic	6.7%

Native American	0.4%
White	83.3%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.1%

Girls

48.9%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 43 out of 328 districts

13.5%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 31 out of 328 districts

5.9%

Students in special education
Rank: 99 out of 328 districts

16.9%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 86 out of 328 districts

21.3%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 186 out of 256 districts

3.2

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

3.9%

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

10.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 33 out of 327 districts

3.4%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	23.3%
4-yr public college	24.1%
2-yr private college	2.9%
2-yr public college	15.6%
Other education	4.2%

Joined workforce	17%
Military service	4%
Other	2.4%
Unknown	6.4%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

407

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 295 out of 328 districts

15.5 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 135 out of 328 districts

98%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

98.5%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 177 out of 328 districts

$49,831

Total school spending (FY04)

$47,110,364

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 246 out of 325 districts

$7,372

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 130 out of 308 districts

$6,931

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 251 out of 325 districts

$12,488

Number of students per computer
Rank: 274 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

99.8%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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