The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Burlington Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 86 out of 328 districts

3,522

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	2.4%
Asian	10.9%
Hispanic	1.5%

Native American	0.1%
White	85.1%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.9%

Girls

48.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 73 out of 328 districts

7.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 84 out of 328 districts

1.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 203 out of 328 districts

14.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 243 out of 328 districts

5.1%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 39 out of 256 districts

0.3

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 118 out of 328 districts

95.4%

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: 262 out of 327 districts

0.3%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	36.1%
4-yr public college	34.6%
2-yr private college	2.4%
2-yr public college	15.6%
Other education	1%

Joined workforce	7.8%
Military service	2.4%
Other	0%
Unknown	0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

267

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 156 out of 328 districts

13.2 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 130 out of 328 districts

98.2%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 46 out of 328 districts

$55,733

Total school spending (FY04)

$34,125,324

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 80 out of 325 districts

$9,763

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 38 out of 308 districts

$8,683

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 81 out of 325 districts

$17,462

Number of students per computer
Rank: 127 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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