The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Framingham Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 14 out of 328 districts

8,065

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	7.3%
Asian	6.4%
Hispanic	18%

Native American	0.3%
White	68%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

50%

Girls

50%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 14 out of 328 districts

32.7%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 8 out of 328 districts

15.8%

Students in special education
Rank: 81 out of 328 districts

17.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 56 out of 328 districts

27.3%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 206 out of 256 districts

3.7

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 214 out of 328 districts

94.4%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

3.4%

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

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 117 out of 327 districts

1.5%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	38.7%
4-yr public college	30.7%
2-yr private college	0.9%
2-yr public college	11%
Other education	1.8%

Joined workforce	8%
Military service	0.9%
Other	1.4%
Unknown	6.6%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

700

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 69 out of 328 districts

11.5 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 277 out of 328 districts

91%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

92%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 47 out of 328 districts

$55,726

Total school spending (FY04)

$84,615,693

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 65 out of 325 districts

$10,518

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 29 out of 308 districts

$9,199

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 218 out of 325 districts

$13,047

Number of students per computer
Rank: 127 out of 327 districts

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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