The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Auburn Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 142 out of 328 districts

2,339

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.5%
Asian	2.2%
Hispanic	2.4%

Native American	1%
White	92.9%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.5%

Girls

49.5%

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

1.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 148 out of 328 districts

0.4%

Students in special education
Rank: 268 out of 328 districts

12.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 175 out of 328 districts

10.2%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 82 out of 256 districts

1.0

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 118 out of 328 districts

95.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

2.2%

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

3.4%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 216 out of 327 districts

0.6%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	37.4%
4-yr public college	25.9%
2-yr private college	1.4%
2-yr public college	26.5%
Other education	2%

Joined workforce	4.1%
Military service	1.4%
Other	0.7%
Unknown	0.7%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

160

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 241 out of 328 districts

14.6 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 68 out of 328 districts

99.6%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 75 out of 328 districts

$53,860

Total school spending (FY04)

$18,630,906

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 184 out of 325 districts

$7,960

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 132 out of 308 districts

$6,887

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 194 out of 325 districts

$13,675

Number of students per computer
Rank: 161 out of 327 districts

4.4

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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