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Fast Facts
Select your city or town to find facts and data on the children and families in your community. Also, read an overview of Massachusetts: Fast Facts [PDF]. Please contact us if you have questions or require more information.

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Key educational benchmarks			Community	Massachusetts
% of third graders who score proficient or above in reading on MCAS			%	61%
% of students graduating high school within four years			%	84.7%
Early education and care
% of children under age 6 with all parents in the labor force			%	67.9%
# of preschool-aged (3-5 yrs) children			#	224,901
% of preschool-aged children enrolled in an early education program			%	60.3%
# of public school preschool programs			#	481
# of licensed center-based programs			#	2,202
# of licensed family child care providers			#	7,871
# of programs that are Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Classroom Quality grantees			#	238
K-12 education¹
# of students enrolled in public school			#	954,773
% of public school students identified as low-income			%	37.0%
% of public school students whose first language is not English			%	17.3%
% of public school students receiving special education services			%	17.0%
% of public school kindergartners attending full-day kindergarten			%	83.0%
# of full-day kindergarten classrooms supported by the MA Quality Full-Day Kindergarten grant			#	2,280

Child population	Birth-5		6-18
	Community	Massachusetts	Community	Massachusetts
# of children	#	442,592	#	1,074,498
% of children living below poverty²	%	15.2%	%	12.8%
% who are Black or African American	%	7.4%	%	7.3%
% who are Asian	%	6.3%	%	5.2%
% who are Hispanic or Latino	%	16.9%	%	13.9%
% who are White	%	63.1%	%	69.1%
% of children who are another race, or two or more races³	%	6.2%	%	4.4%

¹	Community data excludes charter and vocational schools. Low-income is defined as up to 185% of the federal poverty guideline, or $40,793 for a family of four.
²	Includes children birth to 17. The 2011 federal poverty guideline for a family of four is $23,550 per year.
³	Includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.
Sources: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Census 2010, American Community Survey 07-11.