The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Easthampton Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 190 out of 328 districts

1,628

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1.8%
Asian	4%
Hispanic	3.9%

Native American	0.3%
White	90%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.4%

Girls

49.6%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 111 out of 328 districts

3.8%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 101 out of 328 districts

Students in special education
Rank: 56 out of 328 districts

19.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 57 out of 328 districts

26.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 1 out of 256 districts

0.0

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 127 out of 328 districts

95.3%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

6.1%

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

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 42 out of 327 districts

3.1%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	24.4%
4-yr public college	9.3%
2-yr private college	4.7%
2-yr public college	47.7%
Other education	1.2%

Joined workforce	3.5%
Military service	1.2%
Other	5.8%
Unknown	2.3%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

136

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 87 out of 328 districts

12.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 294 out of 328 districts

87.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

93.4%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 278 out of 328 districts

$44,967

Total school spending (FY04)

$13,020,220

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 177 out of 325 districts

$8,009

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 182 out of 308 districts

$6,442

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 221 out of 325 districts

$13,015

Number of students per computer
Rank: 253 out of 327 districts

6.8

Classrooms on the Internet

78.5%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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