The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Bourne Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 131 out of 328 districts

2,549

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	3.8%
Asian	0.8%
Hispanic	1.8%

Native American	0.3%
White	93.3%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50%

Girls

50%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 265 out of 328 districts

0.2%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 176 out of 328 districts

0.2%

Students in special education
Rank: 203 out of 328 districts

14.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 111 out of 328 districts

17.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 146 out of 256 districts

2.4

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 246 out of 328 districts

93.9%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

9.8%

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

4.4%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 81 out of 327 districts

2.1%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	29%
4-yr public college	29%
2-yr private college	3.6%
2-yr public college	23.9%
Other education	0%

Joined workforce	8%
Military service	4.3%
Other	0%
Unknown	2.2%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

171

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 264 out of 328 districts

15.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 157 out of 328 districts

97.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

96.1%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 246 out of 328 districts

$46,955

Total school spending (FY04)

$20,259,174

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 174 out of 325 districts

$8,060

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 152 out of 308 districts

$6,696

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 121 out of 325 districts

$15,265

Number of students per computer
Rank: 65 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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