Teacher Data (2017-18)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Total # of Teachers (FTE) | 102.9 | 73,419.7 | 
 
 
    | Student/Teacher Ratio | 11.9 to 1 | 13.0 to 1 | 
 
 
    | % of Teachers Licensed | 61.5 | 97.2 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in low poverty schools | - | 99.2 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in high poverty schools | 61.5 | 93.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver | 100.0 | 99.4 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in high poverty schools | 100.0 | 98.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in low poverty schools | - | 99.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license | 90.3 | 91.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in high poverty schools | 90.3 | 87.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in low poverty schools | - | 94.7 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license | 90.3 | 91.4 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in high poverty schools | 90.3 | 86.3 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in low poverty schools | - | 94.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers | 32.4 | 81.7 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in high poverty schools | 32.4 | 72.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in low poverty schools | - | 86.3 | 
 
 
 
Administrator Data (2017-18)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators | 28.6 | 73.7 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in high poverty schools | 28.6 | 65.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in low poverty schools | - | 78.1 | 
 
 
Under Massachusetts state law, Commonwealth charter schools have different educator qualification requirements than traditional public schools and generally, as a matter of state law, are not required to be licensed. See the Educator Qualifications in Commonwealth Charter Schools  technical advisory for more information.