The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Freetown Public Schools

Grades served

K-4

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 277 out of 328 districts

509

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	1%
Asian	1%
Hispanic	0.8%

Native American	0%
White	97.2%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.7%

Girls

48.3%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 288 out of 328 districts

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

Students in special education
Rank: 241 out of 328 districts

13.1%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 239 out of 328 districts

5.5%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: N.A. out of 256 districts

N.A.

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 55 out of 328 districts

96.1%

Students who received one or more in-school suspensions

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

Students who repeated a grade
Rank: 197 out of 327 districts

0.7%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	N.A.%
4-yr public college	N.A.%
2-yr private college	N.A.%
2-yr public college	N.A.%
Other education	N.A.%

Joined workforce	N.A.%
Military service	N.A.%
Other	N.A.%
Unknown	N.A.%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 253 out of 328 districts

14.8 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 165 out of 328 districts

96.6%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

97.1%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 195 out of 328 districts

$49,151

Total school spending (FY04)

$3,803,465

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 237 out of 325 districts

$7,421

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 250 out of 308 districts

$5,927

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 19 out of 325 districts

$22,098

Number of students per computer
Rank: 45 out of 327 districts

2.5

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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