The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Chelsea Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 38 out of 328 districts

5,533

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	7.7%
Asian	3.5%
Hispanic	74.6%

Native American	0.2%
White	14%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.4%

Girls

49.6%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 2 out of 328 districts

77.4%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 6 out of 328 districts

17.1%

Students in special education
Rank: 160 out of 328 districts

15.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 2 out of 328 districts

80.1%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 245 out of 256 districts

8.3

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 253 out of 328 districts

93.8%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

7.6%

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

4.5%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 5 out of 327 districts

6.2%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	19.7%
4-yr public college	15%
2-yr private college	7.5%
2-yr public college	25.9%
Other education	6.1%

Joined workforce	15%
Military service	2.7%
Other	0%
Unknown	8.2%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

461

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 87 out of 328 districts

12.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 280 out of 328 districts

90.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

90.9%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 286 out of 328 districts

$44,356

Total school spending (FY04)

$47,758,509

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 106 out of 325 districts

$8,958

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 56 out of 308 districts

$8,089

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 179 out of 325 districts

$14,173

Number of students per computer
Rank: 153 out of 327 districts

4.3

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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