The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Ayer Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 204 out of 328 districts

1,368

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	9.9%
Asian	4.1%
Hispanic	6.4%

Native American	0.5%
White	79.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.9%

Girls

48.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 92 out of 328 districts

5.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 109 out of 328 districts

0.9%

Students in special education
Rank: 302 out of 328 districts

10.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 71 out of 328 districts

23.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 167 out of 256 districts

2.7

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 166 out of 328 districts

95%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

3.5%

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

5.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 131 out of 327 districts

1.3%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	20.8%
4-yr public college	33.3%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	16.7%
Other education	0%

Joined workforce	22.2%
Military service	5.6%
Other	1.4%
Unknown	0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

104

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 150 out of 328 districts

13.1 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 186 out of 328 districts

96%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

95.9%

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

$27,094

Total school spending (FY04)

$10,765,068

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 193 out of 325 districts

$7,869

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 115 out of 308 districts

$7,049

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 117 out of 325 districts

$15,527

Number of students per computer
Rank: 186 out of 327 districts

4.8

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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