The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Brookline Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 31 out of 328 districts

5,984

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	9.9%
Asian	17.7%
Hispanic	5.9%

Native American	0.4%
White	66.1%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.5%

Girls

49.5%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 19 out of 328 districts

27.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 26 out of 328 districts

6.7%

Students in special education
Rank: 68 out of 328 districts

18.4%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 167 out of 328 districts

11.3%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 56 out of 256 districts

0.7

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 9 out of 328 districts

96.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.3%

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

2.4%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 216 out of 327 districts

0.6%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	53.7%
4-yr public college	30.6%
2-yr private college	0.9%
2-yr public college	1.8%
Other education	0%

Joined workforce	3.1%
Military service	0.4%
Other	2.2%
Unknown	7.3%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

520

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 69 out of 328 districts

11.5 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 135 out of 328 districts

98%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

98.8%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 18 out of 328 districts

$58,343

Total school spending (FY04)

$66,807,958

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 55 out of 325 districts

$11,107

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 31 out of 308 districts

$9,019

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 45 out of 325 districts

$19,626

Number of students per computer
Rank: 92 out of 327 districts

3.4

Classrooms on the Internet

95.8%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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