Teacher Data (2020-21)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Total # of Teachers (FTE) | 40.2 | 75,146.7 | 
 
 
    | Student/Teacher Ratio | 14.2 to 1 | 12.1 to 1 | 
 
 
    | % of Teachers Licensed | 58.8 | 97.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in low poverty schools | - | 99.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers licensed in high poverty schools | 62.5 | 95.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver | 100.0 | 99.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in high poverty schools | 100.0 | 99.5 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver in low poverty schools | - | 100.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license | 86.1 | 93.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in high poverty schools | 85.1 | 90.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without provisional license in low poverty schools | - | 95.9 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license | 86.1 | 93.5 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in high poverty schools | 85.1 | 90.5 | 
 
 
    | Percent of teachers without waiver or provisional license in low poverty schools | - | 95.8 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers | 26.2 | 83.1 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in high poverty schools | 26.7 | 75.0 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced teachers in low poverty schools | - | 87.3 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field | 56.9 | 93.7 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field in high poverty schools | 60.4 | 90.1 | 
 
 
    | Percent teaching in-field in low poverty schools | - | 96.1 | 
 
 
 
Administrator Data (2020-21)
 
 
    |  | District | State | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators | 31.6 | 75.2 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in high poverty schools | 18.2 | 64.6 | 
 
 
    | Percent of experienced administrators in low poverty schools | - | 78.8 | 
 
 
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.