The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Brimfield Public Schools

Grades served

K-6

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 293 out of 328 districts

353

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0.3%
Asian	0.3%
Hispanic	1.1%

Native American	0%
White	98.3%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

54.1%

Girls

45.9%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 288 out of 328 districts

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

Students in special education
Rank: 117 out of 328 districts

16.2%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 186 out of 328 districts

9.6%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: N.A. out of 256 districts

N.A.

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 155 out of 328 districts

95.1%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

2.5%

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

1.4%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 303 out of 327 districts

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	N.A.%
4-yr public college	N.A.%
2-yr private college	N.A.%
2-yr public college	N.A.%
Other education	N.A.%

Joined workforce	N.A.%
Military service	N.A.%
Other	N.A.%
Unknown	N.A.%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 73 out of 328 districts

11.6 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 1 out of 328 districts

100%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 269 out of 328 districts

$45,788

Total school spending (FY04)

$2,826,024

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 157 out of 325 districts

$8,256

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 108 out of 308 districts

$7,078

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 245 out of 325 districts

$12,629

Number of students per computer
Rank: 306 out of 327 districts

11.8

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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