The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Duxbury Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 96 out of 328 districts

3,308

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	0.4%
Asian	0.9%
Hispanic	0.5%

Native American	0.2%
White	98.1%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

52.1%

Girls

47.9%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 265 out of 328 districts

0.2%

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

Students in special education
Rank: 264 out of 328 districts

12.5%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 295 out of 328 districts

2.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 47 out of 256 districts

0.5

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 55 out of 328 districts

96.1%

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: 279 out of 327 districts

0.2%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	62.1%
4-yr public college	25.4%
2-yr private college	2.2%
2-yr public college	1.8%
Other education	1.8%

Joined workforce	1.8%
Military service	0.4%
Other	0.9%
Unknown	3.6%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

217

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 284 out of 328 districts

15.3 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 149 out of 328 districts

97.5%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.9%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 41 out of 328 districts

$56,158

Total school spending (FY04)

$26,167,263

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 186 out of 325 districts

$7,944

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 68 out of 308 districts

$7,793

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 318 out of 325 districts

$9,819

Number of students per computer
Rank: 146 out of 327 districts

4.2

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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