The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Plymouth Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 12 out of 328 districts

8,608

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	2.9%
Asian	1%
Hispanic	1.9%

Native American	0.3%
White	93.9%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

52%

Girls

48%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 216 out of 328 districts

0.8%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 115 out of 328 districts

0.8%

Students in special education
Rank: 131 out of 328 districts

15.8%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 130 out of 328 districts

15.8%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 202 out of 256 districts

3.5

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 223 out of 328 districts

94.3%

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: 63 out of 327 districts

2.5%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	31.5%
4-yr public college	25.8%
2-yr private college	2.3%
2-yr public college	13.8%
Other education	2.3%

Joined workforce	21.2%
Military service	1.7%
Other	0%
Unknown	1.3%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

634

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: 220 out of 328 districts

94.5%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

94.2%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 98 out of 328 districts

$52,859

Total school spending (FY04)

$69,050,027

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 189 out of 325 districts

$7,906

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 155 out of 308 districts

$6,667

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 211 out of 325 districts

$13,271

Number of students per computer
Rank: 240 out of 327 districts

6.4

Classrooms on the Internet

100%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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