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Conway Public Schools

Grades served

K-6

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 317 out of 328 districts

152

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0%
Asian	0.7%
Hispanic	0%

Native American	0%
White	99.3%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

55.9%

Girls

44.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 224 out of 328 districts

0.7%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

Students in special education
Rank: 9 out of 328 districts

28.3%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 135 out of 328 districts

15.1%

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: 70 out of 328 districts

96%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

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

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 181 out of 327 districts

0.8%

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)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 3 out of 328 districts

7.2 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 153 out of 328 districts

97.4%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 240 out of 328 districts

$47,340

Total school spending (FY04)

$1,701,582

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 60 out of 325 districts

$10,770

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 42 out of 308 districts

$8,434

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 75 out of 325 districts

$17,618

Number of students per computer
Rank: 176 out of 327 districts

4.6

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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