The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Billerica Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 24 out of 328 districts

6,384

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.3%
Asian	2.3%
Hispanic	1.7%

Native American	0.3%
White	94.3%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

52%

Girls

48%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 170 out of 328 districts

1.8%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 126 out of 328 districts

0.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 100 out of 328 districts

16.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 240 out of 328 districts

5.4%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 155 out of 256 districts

2.5

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 100 out of 328 districts

95.6%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.3%

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

4.7%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 117 out of 327 districts

1.5%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	38.8%
4-yr public college	23.8%
2-yr private college	1.4%
2-yr public college	16.8%
Other education	2.7%

Joined workforce	6.2%
Military service	2.2%
Other	0%
Unknown	8.1%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

430

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 259 out of 328 districts

14.9 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 173 out of 328 districts

96.4%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

96.5%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 43 out of 328 districts

$55,932

Total school spending (FY04)

$48,049,574

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 236 out of 325 districts

$7,433

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 181 out of 308 districts

$6,447

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 313 out of 325 districts

$10,759

Number of students per computer
Rank: 318 out of 327 districts

14.3

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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