The State of Education in Massachusetts- Boston Globe Magazine

Wayland Public Schools

Grades served

K-12

Total enrollment (2004-5)
Rank: 114 out of 328 districts

2,935

Racial makeup of student body (2004-5)

African-American	4.3%
Asian	9.8%
Hispanic	3%

Native American	0.1%
White	82.8%

Gender makeup of student body (2004-5)

Boys

51.5%

Girls

48.5%

Students whose first language is not English
Rank: 101 out of 328 districts

4.6%

Students with limited English proficiency
Rank: 176 out of 328 districts

0.2%

Students in special education
Rank: 117 out of 328 districts

16.2%

Students from low-income families
Rank: 261 out of 328 districts

4.3%

Dropouts per 100 students (2003)
Rank: 45 out of 256 districts

0.5

Average number of absences per student

Percent of days an average student attended school
Rank: 7 out of 328 districts

96.9%

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: 262 out of 327 districts

0.3%

Plans of high school graduates

4-yr private college	76.7%
4-yr public college	13.1%
2-yr private college	0.5%
2-yr public college	4.4%
Other education	1.5%

Joined workforce	1.5%
Military service	0%
Other	1.5%
Unknown	1%

Total number of teachers (2004-5)

210

Student/teacher ratio (2004-5)
Rank: 207 out of 328 districts

14.0 to 1

Core academic teachers identified as "highly qualified" (2004-5)
Rank: 176 out of 328 districts

96.3%

Teachers licensed in their teaching assignment (2004-5)

96.2%

Average teacher salary (2002-3)
Rank: 2 out of 328 districts

$63,320

Total school spending (FY04)

$29,678,950

Per-pupil spending overall (FY04)
Rank: 73 out of 325 districts

$9,944

Per-pupil spending on regular education (FY04)
Rank: 44 out of 308 districts

$8,272

Per-pupil spending on special education (FY04)
Rank: 91 out of 325 districts

$17,036

Number of students per computer
Rank: 153 out of 327 districts

4.3

Classrooms on the Internet

92.2%

Town-level statistics

2004 MCAS scores

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