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2008-09 Massachusetts State Report Card Part I - Enrollment & Educator Data
A highly qualified teacher is defined as a teacher holding a Massachusetts teaching license at the Provisional, Initial, or Professional level and demonstrating subject matter competency in the areas they teach). Core academic areas include English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography. (Notes: Self-contained classroom courses have been weighted to reflect the core academic courses within them.) For more information, please visit: http://www.doe.mass.edu/nclb/hq/.
High Poverty Schools are schools in the top quartile of poverty in the State. Low Poverty Schools are in the bottom quartile of poverty in the State.
Enrollment - 2008-09
State
Total Count
958,910
Race/Ethnicity (%)
African American or Black
8.2
Asian
5.1
Hispanic or Latino
14.3
Multi-race, Non-Hispanic
2.0
Native American
0.3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.1
White
69.9
Gender (%)
Male
51.4
Female
48.6
Selected Populations (%)
English Language Learner
5.9
Low-Income
30.7
Students w/Disabilities
17.1
First Language Not English
15.4
Educator Data - 2008-09
All Schools
High Poverty
Low Poverty
Total # of Teachers
70,395.9
17,222.4
17,445.3
Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment
96.6
94.7
97.9
Total Number of Classes in Core Academic Areas
279,742
67,507
73,218
Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Teachers Who are Highly Qualified
96.5
94.7
97.4
Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Teachers Who are Not Highly Qualified
