The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Concord Public Schools

Grades served

K-8

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 167 out of 328 districts

1,975

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	5.8%
Asian	6.9%
Hispanic	2.2%

Native American	0.5%
White	84.6%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

47.5%

Girls

52.5%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 100 out of 328 districts

4.8%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 126 out of 328 districts

0.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 61 out of 328 districts

18.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 256 out of 328 districts

4.4%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: N.A. out of 256 districts

N.A.

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 32 out of 328 districts

96.3%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

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

0.6%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 279 out of 327 districts

0.2%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	N.A.%
4-yr public college	N.A.%
2-yr private college	N.A.%
2-yr public college	N.A.%
Other education	N.A.%

Joined workforce	N.A.%
Military service	N.A.%
Other	N.A.%
Unknown	N.A.%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

161

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 108 out of 328 districts

12.3 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 244 out of 328 districts

93.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

93.6%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 16 out of 328 districts

$58,545

Total school spending (FY04)

$20,880,514

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 64 out of 325 districts

$10,567

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 48 out of 308 districts

$8,180

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 34 out of 325 districts

$20,718

Number of students per computer
Rank: 96 out of 327 districts

3.5

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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