The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Avon Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 258 out of 328 districts

723

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	18.3%
Asian	4.3%
Hispanic	2.8%

Native American	0.1%
White	74.6%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

49.9%

Girls

50.1%

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

7.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

Students in special education
Rank: 171 out of 328 districts

14.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 76 out of 328 districts

22.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 147 out of 256 districts

2.4

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 143 out of 328 districts

95.2%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.1%

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

7.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 105 out of 327 districts

1.7%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	0%
4-yr public college	63.6%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	20.5%
Other education	4.5%

Joined workforce	4.5%
Military service	2.3%
Other	0%
Unknown	4.5%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 120 out of 328 districts

12.6 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 269 out of 328 districts

91.7%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

91.7%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 273 out of 328 districts

$45,604

Total school spending (FY04)

$6,403,135

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 97 out of 325 districts

$9,220

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 43 out of 308 districts

$8,315

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 232 out of 325 districts

$12,786

Number of students per computer
Rank: 74 out of 327 districts

3.1

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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