The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Chatham Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 261 out of 328 districts

716

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	2.7%
Asian	1.1%
Hispanic	2.4%

Native American	0.1%
White	93.7%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

53.9%

Girls

46.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 103 out of 328 districts

4.5%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 60 out of 328 districts

2.9%

Students in special education
Rank: 203 out of 328 districts

14.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 173 out of 328 districts

10.5%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 122 out of 256 districts

1.7

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 214 out of 328 districts

94.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

1.1%

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

1.1%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 125 out of 327 districts

1.4%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	36.7%
4-yr public college	32.7%
2-yr private college	0%
2-yr public college	14.3%
Other education	0%

Joined workforce	6.1%
Military service	4.1%
Other	4.1%
Unknown	2%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 34 out of 328 districts

10.3 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 68 out of 328 districts

99.6%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

99.7%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 166 out of 328 districts

$50,232

Total school spending (FY04)

$8,514,878

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 47 out of 325 districts

$11,682

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 19 out of 308 districts

$10,461

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 44 out of 325 districts

$19,691

Number of students per computer
Rank: 37 out of 327 districts

2.4

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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