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Thomas Ditson School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
39 Cook Street
Billerica, MA 01821
Phone
(978) 528-8510
District
Billerica
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
557
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

7

(10 is best)

Better than 67.8% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Thomas Ditson School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
42%
61%
44%
55%
41%
58%
42%
61%
44%
55%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
42%
37%
39%
54%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 105 18.9%
Grade 1 114 20.5%
Grade 2 110 19.7%
Grade 3 104 18.7%
Grade 4 124 22.3%
Total 557 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.5% 73.7% 57.0%
Black 2.6% 5.8% 9.8%
Hispanic 10.9% 9.5% 25.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 12.4% 10.7% 7.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 41,708 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,630.9 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.8% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.1% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.4% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,468 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.1% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 41.6% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.1% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.8% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.6% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.9% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.3% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 3.8% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,397 $60,520,000 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,468 $12,049,000 10.4%
Staff $655 $3,198,000 2.8%
General Administration $142 $694,000 0.6%
School Administration $844 $4,119,000 3.5%
Operation $1,729 $8,439,000 7.3%
Transportation $615 $3,004,000 2.6%
Other $308 $1,505,000 1.3%
Total Support $6,761 $33,008,000 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,626 $22,585,000 19.5%
Total Expenditures $23,784 $116,113,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,394 $11,443,766,000 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,755 $1,620,711,000 7.2%
Staff $987 $911,495,000 4.0%
General Administration $282 $260,824,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,021 $942,999,000 4.2%
Operation $1,731 $1,597,981,000 7.1%
Transportation $790 $729,683,000 3.2%
Other $544 $502,458,000 2.2%
Total Support $7,111 $6,566,151,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,910 $4,533,754,000 20.1%
Total Expenditures $24,415 $22,543,671,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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