Teacher Data (2017-18)
| |
State |
| Total # of Teachers (FTE) |
73,419.7 |
| Student/Teacher Ratio |
13.0 to 1 |
| % of Teachers Licensed |
97.2 |
| Percent of teachers licensed in low poverty schools |
99.2 |
| Percent of teachers licensed in high poverty schools |
93.6 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver |
99.4 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver in high poverty schools |
98.0 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver in low poverty schools |
99.9 |
| Percent of teachers without provisional license |
91.9 |
| Percent of teachers without provisional license in high poverty schools |
87.9 |
| Percent of teachers without provisional license in low poverty schools |
94.7 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license |
91.4 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in high poverty schools |
86.3 |
| Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in low poverty schools |
94.6 |
| Percent of experienced teachers |
81.7 |
| Percent of experienced teachers in high poverty schools |
72.6 |
| Percent of experienced teachers in low poverty schools |
86.3 |
Administrator Data (2017-18)
| |
State |
| Percent of experienced administrators |
73.7 |
| Percent of experienced administrators in high poverty schools |
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.
