Teacher Data (2019-20)
| |
State |
| 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)
| |
State |
| 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.
