The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Barnstable Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 43 out of 328 districts

5,101

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	5.6%
Asian	1.8%
Hispanic	5.8%

Native American	1.4%
White	85.4%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.4%

Girls

48.6%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 71 out of 328 districts

7.6%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 50 out of 328 districts

3.8%

Students in special education
Rank: 278 out of 328 districts

12.2%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 77 out of 328 districts

22.5%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 199 out of 256 districts

3.5

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 305 out of 328 districts

92.5%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.2%

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

8.7%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 21 out of 327 districts

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	30%
4-yr public college	19.4%
2-yr private college	4.2%
2-yr public college	27.3%
Other education	2%

Joined workforce	8.6%
Military service	3.2%
Other	1.5%
Unknown	3.9%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

381

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 170 out of 328 districts

13.4 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 88 out of 328 districts

99.1%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

98.7%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 204 out of 328 districts

$48,726

Total school spending (FY04)

$47,348,984

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 132 out of 325 districts

$8,583

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 111 out of 308 districts

$7,057

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 133 out of 325 districts

$15,046

Number of students per computer
Rank: 319 out of 327 districts

19.2

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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