MAC Data Sources for Annual Report 2014

76,342 Massachusetts children are English Language learners

  • Derived from 7.9% (ELL%) times total population of 966,360.

More than 164,281 Massachusetts children have been diagnosed with a disability and found eligible for special needs educational services.

  • Derived from 17% (SWD%, Students with disabilities) times total population of 966,360.

38% of Massachusetts children live in low-income households.

  • LI% is 38.3%

SOURCE:Department of Elementary and Secondary education of the MA department of education – see link.

This Statement: 50% of adults reported having experienced at least one form of childhood adversity according to The Adverse Childhood Experience Study.  This is a higher level of traumatic experience in the general polulation than previously imagined.  Response to traumatic events can interfere with a child’s ability to learn at school. 

SOURCE: TLPI’s website – see link.

This quote: “Studies have shown the benefits of preventive measures, such as
high quality early intervention & education, in costs avoided & the return on investment… of high-quality public education & workforce development.”


SOURCE: Kahn, Charlotte B. and Jessica K. Martin. The Measure of Poverty: A Boston Indicators Project Special Report. Boston Indicators. 2011. 5. – see link.

This Statement:  41 percent inmates in state and federal prison do not have a high school diploma.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report – see link.

The graphic of Massachusetts Graduation rates (male students):

-68% Black

-61% Latinx

-84% white

SOURCE – see link.

High School Dropouts 2013-14- Massachusetts Public Schools

This statement: Massachusetts reduced by nearly half the number & rate of high school dropouts in the past 10 years; intervention works, yet challenges remain: 5,747 students dropped out of high school in 2013-2014.

SOURCE – see link.

The annual high school dropout report represents a snapshot of those students who dropped out of school in any given year. The data contained in this dropout report reflect one year of dropout data across grades nine through twelve and not a particular cohort of students across four years.  This report provides annual dropout data to education leaders to develop and strengthen dropout prevention programs in the state.

Please note that the Department has also calculated and released graduation rates for the 2014 cohort that provide a more complete picture of the outcomes of high school students in Massachusetts. It is important to keep in mind that the dropout data contained in the graduation rate reports is a cohort dropout rate and shows the cumulative effect of students dropping out over four years.

SOURCE: The graduation rate reports can be viewed here.

In the 2013-14 school year, 5,746 or 2.0 percent of students in grades nine through twelve dropped out of school.

Table 1: State Dropout Trends: 2003-04 to 2013-14

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FOR THE YEAR IN REVIEW SECTION:

The Autism Center- 10,000-16,000 children have autism

SOURCE: The Massachusetts Autism Commission. The Massachusetts Autism Commission Report. March 2013. 9-10. – see link.

Special Education & School Discipline

School Discipline data: approximately 200 students who are expelled in Massachusetts

SOURCE: Cregor, Matt, Priya Lane and Joanna Taylor. Not Measuring Up: The State of School Discipline in Massachusetts. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice. – see link.

2013-14 Student Discipline Data Statewide Report – 1,978 out of school suspensions (50,732*.039)

SOURCE: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE). 2013-14 Student Discipline Data Report (DISTRICT) All Offenses – All Students. 2014. – see link.

4,300 special needs students transitioning out of Boston schools into higher education or the workforce.

Massachusetts Advocates for Children. “Boston Transition (BSET).” Massadvocates.org. 2015. – see link.