Teacher Data (2019-20)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Total # of Teachers (FTE) | 58.2 | 75,152.1 | 
 
 
    | Student/Teacher Ratio | 11.3 to 1 | 12.6 to 1 | 
 
 
    | % of Teachers Licensed | 79.0 | 97.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in low poverty schools | 79.0 | 99.1 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in high poverty schools | - | 93.7 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver | 100.0 | 99.4 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in high poverty schools | - | 97.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in low poverty schools | 100.0 | 99.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license | 81.1 | 93.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in high poverty schools | - | 89.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in low poverty schools | 81.1 | 95.5 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license | 81.1 | 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 | 81.1 | 95.4 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers | 59.8 | 82.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in high poverty schools | - | 73.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in low poverty schools | 59.8 | 87.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field | 59.4 | 90.3 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field in high poverty schools | - | 83.5 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field in low poverty schools | 59.4 | 94.4 | 
 
 
 
Administrator Data (2019-20)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators | 72.6 | 72.4 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in high poverty schools | - | 59.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in low poverty schools | 78.7 | 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.