The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Brockton Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 4 out of 328 districts

16,091

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	47.9%
Asian	2.8%
Hispanic	12.3%

Native American	0.8%
White	36.1%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.7%

Girls

48.3%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 21 out of 328 districts

27.1%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 20 out of 328 districts

8.8%

Students in special education
Rank: 246 out of 328 districts

13%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 10 out of 328 districts

63.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 233 out of 256 districts

5.9

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 294 out of 328 districts

92.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

11.9%

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

17.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 19 out of 327 districts

4.3%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	23.7%
4-yr public college	22.1%
2-yr private college	4.7%
2-yr public college	25.1%
Other education	0%

Joined workforce	12.8%
Military service	2.3%
Other	3.4%
Unknown	5.8%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

1128

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 221 out of 328 districts

14.3 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 307 out of 328 districts

83.1%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

84.1%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 40 out of 328 districts

$56,177

Total school spending (FY04)

$142,660,496

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 113 out of 325 districts

$8,892

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 63 out of 308 districts

$7,870

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 184 out of 325 districts

$13,987

Number of students per computer
Rank: 260 out of 327 districts

7.1

Classrooms on the Internet

82.3%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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