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best schools in MA DOVER-SHERBORN REG HIGH, MEDFIELD SENIOR HIGH, BOSTON LATIN, SHARON HIGH, WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL, WESTWOOD HIGH, ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REG HIGH, MURACO, WELLESLEY SR HIGH, WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL

popular cities in MA Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Fall River, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Quincy, Springfield, Worcester

POPULATION
6,349,097

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	971,909
NUMBER OF Massachusetts SCHOOLS	1,908
NUMBER OF Massachusetts SCHOOL DISTRICTS	390
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	13,860

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	59.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	56.0
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	63.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	67.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	69.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	75.0
Grade 10 Reading Proficiency	71.0

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	73.5	57.0
BLACK (%)	8.4	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	13.1	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	4.7	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	0.3	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	28.2	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	5.1	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	16.6	12.2

Massachusetts Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	6,400,489	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	781	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.2%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	17.6%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	36.8%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	25.9%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	13.5%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	2,456,741	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	9.7%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	89.6%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	39.3%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	9.5%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	14.3%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	13.5%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	19.1%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	17.5%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	13.5%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	12.7%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$8,187	$7,957,018,409	59.1
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$690	$670,671,913	5.0
STAFF	$590	$573,530,001	4.2
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$208	$202,615,324	1.5
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$521	$506,057,192	3.8
OPERATION	$1,113	$1,081,632,284	8.0
TRANSPORTATION	$516	$501,086,796	3.7
OTHER	$351	$341,546,056	2.5
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,989	$3,877,139,566	28.8
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,683	$1,636,192,869	12.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$13,860	$13,470,350,844	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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