The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Canton Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 110 out of 328 districts

2,990

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	8.2%
Asian	6.3%
Hispanic	2.3%

Native American	0.3%
White	83%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

49.5%

Girls

50.5%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 128 out of 328 districts

3.2%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 109 out of 328 districts

0.9%

Students in special education
Rank: 190 out of 328 districts

14.3%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 212 out of 328 districts

7.3%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 107 out of 256 districts

1.4

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 184 out of 328 districts

94.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.1%

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

4.3%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 262 out of 327 districts

0.3%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	45.4%
4-yr public college	29.3%
2-yr private college	2.4%
2-yr public college	8.8%
Other education	4.9%

Joined workforce	5.9%
Military service	2.9%
Other	0%
Unknown	0.5%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

219

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 191 out of 328 districts

13.7 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 79 out of 328 districts

99.4%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

99.5%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 58 out of 328 districts

$54,892

Total school spending (FY04)

$26,173,239

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 119 out of 325 districts

$8,689

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 77 out of 308 districts

$7,601

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 208 out of 325 districts

$13,372

Number of students per computer
Rank: 45 out of 327 districts

2.5

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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