State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Education, 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148-5023	Download, view and print Massachusetts's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Interim Commissioner David P. Driscoll, (781) 388-3300
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Steven Chrostowski, (781) 388-3300
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Mary Jane McDonnell, (781) 388-3300

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


825,320	933,898	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,795	1,856	Public schools
59,517	64,574	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
8,257	8,257	Land area in square miles
100.0	113.1	Public school students per square mile
21.7	22.5	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

5,935	6,085	State population (in thousands)
$2,462	$4,338	State revenue per capita
$2,570	$4,216	State expenditure per capita
$317	$455	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$159,191	$201,752	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	428	100%	465	Total public education agencies
92.5%	396	75.9%	353	Regular school districts
7.5%	32	18.3%	85	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.2%	1	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	5.6%	26	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.2%	1	0.2%	1	100 or more schools
1.4%	6	1.3%	6	25 to 99 schools
6.8%	29	6.0%	28	10 to 24 schools
24.8%	106	24.9%	116	5 to 9 schools
52.1%	223	44.9%	209	1 to 4 schools
14.7%	63	22.6%	105	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,795	100%	1,856	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
96.7%	1,735	95.6%	1,774	Regular schools
0.4%	7	0.4%	7	Special education schools
2.3 %	41	2.4%	45	Vocational schools
0.7 %	12	1.6%	30	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

53.1%	953	51.0%	947	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
4.1%	74	4.2%	78	PK, K, 1 to 8
11.6%	208	13.3%	246	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
5.1%	91	2.2%	41	7 to 8, 9
2.8%	50	3.1%	57	7, 8 to 12
13.1%	236	12.4%	230	9, 10, 11 to 12
8.4%	151	12.7%	235	Other grades
0.4%	7	0.3%	6	Ungraded
1.4%	25	0.9%	16	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


4,783	15,695	Prekindergarten
67,138	76,519	Kindergarten
69,099	81,375	First
62,640	77,953	Second
59,939	75,468	Third
58,163	73,659	Fourth
57,445	72,121	Fifth
56,480	71,768	Sixth
58,673	69,867	Seventh
59,272	67,029	Eighth
65,364	70,811	Ninth
65,339	64,182	Tenth
65,354	58,643	Eleventh
64,221	52,569	Twelfth
11,410	6,239	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	17.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	—	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	20.9%	School. age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	61,010	100.0%	47,993	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
	—		—	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		3.3%	Dropouts
			58.1%	Dropouts who were male
			36.3%	Dropouts who were minority

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Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

229	277.6	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
28.6%	31.7%	Students below basic level
71.4%	68.3%	Students at or above basic level
24.3%	27.6%	Students at or above proficient level
1.9%	4.7%	Students at advanced level
—	156.9	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	30.6%	Students below basic level
	69.4%	Students at or above basic level
	36.8%	Students at or above proficient level
	3.8%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	103,471	100%	116,749	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
57.5%	59,517	55.3%	64,574	Teachers
7.8%	8,024	11.9%	13,868	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.0%	2,075	1.8%	2,125	Guidance counselors/directors
0.9%	955	0.9%	1,007	Librarians/library support
8.0%	8,295	7.6%	8,885	Administrative support
19.5%	20,181	18.8%	21,975	Other support services
				Administrators
2.0%	2,105	1.8%	2,155	School. based
2.2%	2,319	1.9%	2,160	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full. time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.5%	1.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
47.3%	39.1%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
44.3%	54.8%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
7.9%	4.8%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$41,421	$85,909	National school lunch
$7,859	$17,297	National school breakfast
$107,587	$152,770	Title I
$19,586	$97,738	Education for the handicapped
$21,010	$28,290	Vocational and adult education
$16,107	$46,097	School improvement
$11,432	$1,110	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$2,801	$3,821	Bilingual education
$335	$65	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$4,485,247	$7,229,486	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$5,435	$7,741	Revenue per pupil in membership
$4,098,062	$6,846,610	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,965	$7,331	Current expenditure per pupil in membership