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SCHOOL PROFILES "Lyon High School" (Urban)
"Coolidge High School" (Suburban)
"Monroe High School" (Rural)
Total Student Enrollment
3530
1016
409
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
% African America
3.8
6.5
2.7
% Native American
0.1
0.1
0.5
% Asian
39.9
4.4
1.2
% Hispanic
14.1
3.2
4.7
% White
42.2
85.8
91.0
Teacher Average Salary (1999)
$48,849
$59,665
$37,412
Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) (1999)
$6966
$10,567
$6741
Drop-out rate (%, 1999) 9.4
0.0
0.0
Attendance rate (%, 1999)
85.5
95.2
92.9
% of school Limited English Proficiency 12.0
0.0
0.0
% of school free or reduced price lunch
22.0
4.0
6.0
Plans of High School graduates
% of students who plan to attend 4 year college
54.0
70.3
48.3
% of students who plan to attend 2 year college
32.4
22.8
37.9
% of students who plan to work (no college)
4.1
1.0
12.1
Performance on standardized tests
SAT
Verbal
458
580
526
Math
469
611
529
Participation rate (%)
61
100
81
MCAS
% Failing "English & Language Arts"
46
8
40
% Failing "Math"
54
14
43
% Failing "Science & Technology"
48
12
36
PROFILE OF PARTICITIPATING SCHOOLS
We have begun to profile the participating schools. This is a work in progress, additional data will be posted next week.This table portrays key descriptive indicators for each school that participated as a research site in the BioLogica field trials in 2001. The names if the schools have been changed. These data represent the year 2000 figures, unless otherwise noted.
Source = Massachusetts Department of Education Profiles web site, http://profiles.doe.mass.edu.
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