Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Needham

Districts Schools

2005

	District	State
Total # of Teachers (FTE)	422.5	73,394.3
Student/Teacher Ratio	11.6 to 1	13.3 to 1
% of Teachers Licensed	90.3	93.9
Total # of Classes in Core Academic Areas	285.0	57,522.0
% of Core Academic Classes Taught by Teachers Who are Highly Qualified	81.2	93.0