The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Douglas Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 185 out of 328 districts

1,714

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0.3%
Asian	0.9%
Hispanic	0.8%

Native American	0%
White	98%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

49.9%

Girls

50.1%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 244 out of 328 districts

0.4%

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

Students in special education
Rank: 326 out of 328 districts

7.6%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 221 out of 328 districts

6.8%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 165 out of 256 districts

2.7

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 118 out of 328 districts

95.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

2.5%

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

7.9%

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

0.2%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	11.3%
4-yr public college	33.9%
2-yr private college	3.2%
2-yr public college	25.8%
Other education	3.2%

Joined workforce	6.5%
Military service	4.8%
Other	0%
Unknown	11.3%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

105

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 310 out of 328 districts

16.4 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 121 out of 328 districts

98.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 279 out of 328 districts

$44,840

Total school spending (FY04)

$10,671,442

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 312 out of 325 districts

$6,688

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 280 out of 308 districts

$5,635

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 182 out of 325 districts

$14,134

Number of students per computer
Rank: 65 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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