% of third graders who meet or exceed expectations in reading (Next-generation MCAS, 2019) |
85% |
56% |
% of students graduating high school within four years |
98.3% |
89.0% |
% of children under age 6 with all parents in the labor force |
66.2% |
|
# of preschool-aged (3-5 yrs) children |
141 |
|
% of 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in an early education program (estimate only) |
89.6% |
59.5% |
# of public schools with preschool classrooms |
1 |
518 |
# of licensed center-based programs, pre-COVID* |
2 |
2,892 |
# of licensed family child care providers, pre-COVID* |
0 |
5,330 |
# of students enrolled in public school |
579 |
911,465 |
% of public school students identified as economically disadvantaged |
4.8% |
|
% of public school students whose first language is not English |
4.8% |
|
% of public school students receiving special education services |
17.2% |
|
% of public school kindergarten students attending full-day kindergarten |
98.1% |
93.8% |
% of children living below the poverty line2 |
7.0% |
14.2% |
3.7% |
12.7% |
% who are Black or African American |
0.0% |
7.4% |
0.1% |
7.3% |
% who are Hispanic or Latino |
2.0% |
16.9% |
2.6% |
13.9% |
% of students who are another race, or two or more races3 |
9.1% |
6.2% |
3.9% |
4.4% |