The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Everett Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 40 out of 328 districts

5,347

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	10.9%
Asian	5.7%
Hispanic	17.5%

Native American	0.2%
White	65.6%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.5%

Girls

48.5%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 8 out of 328 districts

40.3%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 14 out of 328 districts

10.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 174 out of 328 districts

14.7%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 23 out of 328 districts

47.2%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 216 out of 256 districts

4.1

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 277 out of 328 districts

93.3%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

9.5%

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

4.5%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 54 out of 327 districts

2.8%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	25.9%
4-yr public college	13.4%
2-yr private college	9.2%
2-yr public college	18.5%
Other education	5.4%

Joined workforce	15.5%
Military service	2.1%
Other	0.3%
Unknown	9.8%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

395

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 182 out of 328 districts

13.6 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 303 out of 328 districts

84.7%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

84.6%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 142 out of 328 districts

$51,043

Total school spending (FY04)

$36,944,740

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 288 out of 325 districts

$6,976

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 215 out of 308 districts

$6,186

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 256 out of 325 districts

$12,441

Number of students per computer
Rank: 101 out of 327 districts

3.6

Classrooms on the Internet

76.5%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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