The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

East Bridgewater Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 135 out of 328 districts

2,501

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.4%
Asian	0.5%
Hispanic	0.6%

Native American	0.1%
White	97.4%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.2%

Girls

49.8%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 230 out of 328 districts

0.6%

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

Students in special education
Rank: 310 out of 328 districts

10.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 230 out of 328 districts

6.2%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 184 out of 256 districts

3.1

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 109 out of 328 districts

95.5%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.1%

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

5.5%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 69 out of 327 districts

2.4%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	26.1%
4-yr public college	21.8%
2-yr private college	3.5%
2-yr public college	21.8%
Other education	5.6%

Joined workforce	16.9%
Military service	2.8%
Other	1.4%
Unknown	0%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

146

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 318 out of 328 districts

17.1 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 1 out of 328 districts

100%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

100%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 69 out of 328 districts

$54,061

Total school spending (FY04)

$16,491,291

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 301 out of 325 districts

$6,849

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 261 out of 308 districts

$5,841

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 196 out of 325 districts

$13,619

Number of students per computer
Rank: 310 out of 327 districts

12.2

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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