Students Overview

2009-2010 Massachusetts

Charter Schools

 

Non-Charter Schools

Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 27,393
% of Charter School Students to All Public School Students 2.9%
Estimated Number of Students on Waiting Lists 24,066
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 11,648 42.5%
Black 7,251 26.5%
Hispanic 6,341 23.1%
Asian 1,326 4.8%
Other 821 3.0%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 12,859 46.9%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 14,534 53.1%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 13,661 49.9%
Suburbs 10,882 39.7%
Town 216 0.8%
Rural 2,634 9.6%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 9,311 34.0%
Middle Schools 2,740 10.0%
High Schools 1,587 5.8%
Middle/High Schools 6,585 24.0%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 7,170 26.2%
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 66 0.2%
Kindergarten 2,082 7.6%
First Grade 1,935 7.1%
Second Grade 1,918 7.0%
Third Grade 1,889 6.9%
Fourth Grade 2,175 7.9%
Fifth Grade 2,588 9.4%
Sixth Grade 2,948 10.8%
Seventh Grade 3,079 11.2%
Eighth Grade 2,665 9.7%
Ninth Grade 1,958 7.1%
Tenth Grade 1,630 6.0%
Eleventh Grade 1,401 5.1%
Twelfth Grade 1,059 3.9%
Students by Management Organization
CMO 352 1.3%
EMO 2,278 8.3%
Freestanding 24,763 90.4%
 
Metrics # %
Students
Number of Students 929,660
Students by Race / Ethnicity
White 649,644 69.9%
Black 70,793 7.6%
Hispanic 135,592 14.6%
Asian 49,475 5.3%
Other 24,156 2.6%
Free or Reduced Price Lunch
Eligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 302,294 32.5%
Ineligible for Free or Reduced Price Lunch 627,366 67.5%
Students by Geographic Locale
City 186,634 20.1%
Suburbs 613,593 66.0%
Town 18,974 2.0%
Rural 110,459 11.9%
Students by School Grade Levels
Elementary Schools 423,952 45.6%
Middle Schools 195,545 21.0%
High Schools 263,168 28.3%
Middle/High Schools 33,344 3.6%
Elementary/Middle/High Schools 1,431 0.2%
Ungraded 12,220
Students by Grade Level
Pre-Kindergarten 27,805 3.0%
Kindergarten 66,287 7.1%
First Grade 69,006 7.4%
Second Grade 68,107 7.3%
Third Grade 68,811 7.4%
Fourth Grade 68,903 7.4%
Fifth Grade 68,464 7.4%
Sixth Grade 69,253 7.4%
Seventh Grade 68,320 7.3%
Eighth Grade 69,428 7.5%
Ninth Grade 76,813 8.3%
Tenth Grade 71,668 7.7%
Eleventh Grade 69,059 7.4%
Twelfth Grade 66,914 7.2%
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