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Teacher Data (2019-20)


Total # of Teachers (FTE) 75,152.1
Student/Teacher Ratio 12.6 to 1
% of Teachers Licensed 97.0
Percent of teachers licensed in low poverty schools 99.1
Percent of teachers licensed in high poverty schools 93.7
Percent of teachers without waiver 99.4
Percent of teachers without waiver in high poverty schools 97.9
Percent of teachers without waiver in low poverty schools 99.9
Percent of teachers without provisional license 93.0
Percent of teachers without provisional license in high poverty schools 89.8
Percent of teachers without provisional license in low poverty schools 95.5
Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license 92.6
Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in high poverty schools 88.2
Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in low poverty schools 95.4
Percent of experienced teachers 82.6
Percent of experienced teachers in high poverty schools 73.6
Percent of experienced teachers in low poverty schools 87.6
Percent teaching in-field 90.3
Percent teaching in-field in high poverty schools 83.5
Percent teaching in-field in low poverty schools 94.4


Administrator Data (2019-20)


Percent of experienced administrators 72.4
Percent of experienced administrators in high poverty schools 59.6
Percent of experienced administrators in low poverty schools 78.0

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.

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