The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Bedford Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 147 out of 328 districts

2,279

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	5.5%
Asian	8.8%
Hispanic	1.7%

Native American	0.4%
White	83.5%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.1%

Girls

49.9%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 81 out of 328 districts

6.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 92 out of 328 districts

1.3%

Students in special education
Rank: 87 out of 328 districts

17.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 235 out of 328 districts

5.9%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 106 out of 256 districts

1.4

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 55 out of 328 districts

96.1%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

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

0.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 232 out of 327 districts

0.5%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	44.6%
4-yr public college	35.1%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	4.7%
Other education	1.4%

Joined workforce	6.8%
Military service	0.7%
Other	2.7%
Unknown	4.1%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

190

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 87 out of 328 districts

12.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 200 out of 328 districts

95.6%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

88.6%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 60 out of 328 districts

$54,580

Total school spending (FY04)

$23,919,494

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 61 out of 325 districts

$10,748

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 25 out of 308 districts

$9,546

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 89 out of 325 districts

$17,162

Number of students per computer
Rank: 37 out of 327 districts

2.4

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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