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2009-10 Massachusetts State Report Card
Part I - Enrollment & Educator Data| A highly qualified teacher is defined as a teacher holding a Massachusetts teaching license at the Provisional, Initial, or Professional level and demonstrating subject matter competency in the areas they teach. Core academic areas include English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography. (Notes: Self-contained classroom courses have been weighted to reflect the core academic courses within them.) For more information, please visit: http://www.doe.mass.edu/nclb/hq/. | | High Poverty Schools are schools in the top quartile of poverty in the State. Low Poverty Schools are in the bottom quartile of poverty in the State. |
| Enrollment - 2009-10 | | | State |
| Total Count | 957,053 | | Race/Ethnicity (%) | | African American or Black | 8.2 | | Asian | 5.3 | | Hispanic or Latino | 14.8 | | Multi-race, Non-Hispanic | 2.2 | | Native American | 0.3 | | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.1 | | White | 69.1 | | Gender (%) | | Male | 51.3 | | Female | 48.7 | | Selected Populations (%) | | English Language Learner | 6.2 | | Low-Income | 32.9 | | Students w/Disabilities | 17.0 | | First Language Not English | 15.6 |
| | Educator Data - 2009-10 | | | All Schools | High Poverty | Low Poverty | | Total # of Teachers | 69,908.9 | 17,284.0 | 17,240.7 | | Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment | 97.1 | 95.8 | 98.0 | | Total Number of Classes in Core Academic Areas | 280,489 | 65,261 | 72,174 | | Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Teachers Who are Highly Qualified | 97.3 | 95.3 | 97.9 | | Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Teachers Who are Not Highly Qualified | 2.7 | 4.7 | 2.1 | | Student/Teacher Ratio | 13.7 to 1 | 13.0 to 1 | 14.4 to 1 |
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