The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Falmouth Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 65 out of 328 districts

4,257

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	3.7%
Asian	0.9%
Hispanic	2.5%

Native American	1.2%
White	91.8%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50.3%

Girls

49.7%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 164 out of 328 districts

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 126 out of 328 districts

0.6%

Students in special education
Rank: 162 out of 328 districts

15%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 144 out of 328 districts

13.7%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 208 out of 256 districts

3.8

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 273 out of 328 districts

93.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

0.8%

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

9.2%

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 162 out of 327 districts

0.9%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	49%
4-yr public college	15.3%
2-yr private college	6.1%
2-yr public college	16.5%
Other education	0.8%

Joined workforce	6.5%
Military service	3.1%
Other	0%
Unknown	2.7%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

348

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 96 out of 328 districts

12.2 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 130 out of 328 districts

98.2%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.8%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 113 out of 328 districts

$52,165

Total school spending (FY04)

$37,813,168

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 132 out of 325 districts

$8,583

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 88 out of 308 districts

$7,362

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 125 out of 325 districts

$15,202

Number of students per computer
Rank: 258 out of 327 districts

6.9

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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