Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School in Billerica, Massachusetts (MA)

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100 COOK STREET
Billerica, MA 1821

County name: Middlesex
School type: Vocational School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (978) 667-2111 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.545
Longitude: -071.218430

Enrollment in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

2007 Student Enrollment: 1246
9th grade Enrollment : 325
10th grade Enrollment : 305
11th grade Enrollment : 313
12th grade Enrollment : 303

Male students (%): 61.2%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	61.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 38.8%

Here:	38.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 96.1%

Here:	96.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 0.3%

This school:	0.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 2.6%

Here:	2.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 9
Special Education # : 397
Low-Income # : 146
Free Lunch # : 103
Reduced Lunch # : 43

First Language Not English %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Special Education %: 31.9%

Here:	31.9%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 11.7%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	11.7%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 8.3%

Here:	8.3%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 3.5%

Here:	3.5%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 1226
9th grade Enrollment : 325
10th grade Enrollment : 326
11th grade Enrollment : 313
12th grade Enrollment : 262

Male students (%): 59.8%

Here:	59.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 40.2%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	40.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 97.1%

Here:	97.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 2.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	2.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 3
Special Education # : 407
Low-Income # : 99

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.2%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Special Education %: 33.2%

Here:	33.2%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 8.1%

This school:	8.1%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 1228
9th grade Enrollment : 335
10th grade Enrollment : 328
11th grade Enrollment : 283
12th grade Enrollment : 280
Special grade Enrollment : 2

White students (%): 97.9%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	97.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

This school:	0.10%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 60.6%

Here:	60.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 39.4%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	39.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 2
Special Education # : 397
Low-Income # : 112

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Special Education %: 32.3%

Here:	32.3%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 9.1%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	9.1%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 1210
9th grade Enrollment : 325
10th grade Enrollment : 302
11th grade Enrollment : 297
12th grade Enrollment : 285
Special grade Enrollment : 1

White students (%): 97.5%

Here:	97.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 0.9%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 61.9%

Here:	61.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 38.1%

Here:	38.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 5
Special Education # : 375
Low-Income # : 111

First Language Not English %: 0.4%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.4%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Special Education %: 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 9.2%

Here:	9.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 1181
9th grade Enrollment : 307
10th grade Enrollment : 313
11th grade Enrollment : 309
12th grade Enrollment : 249
Special grade Enrollment : 3

White students (%): 97.5%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	97.5%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.9%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 0.8%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 0.8%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	0.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 60.1%

Here:	60.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 39.9%

This school:	39.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 7
Low-Income # : 51

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 4.3%

Here:	4.3%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 1161
10th grade Enrollment : 297
11th grade Enrollment : 330
12th grade Enrollment : 270
Special grade Enrollment : 264

White students (%): 97.6%

Here:	97.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.8%

This school:	0.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 0.8%

This school:	0.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 60.8%

Here:	60.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 39.2%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	39.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 9
Low-Income # : 59

First Language Not English %: 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Low-Income %: 5.1%

Here:	5.1%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 1145
10th grade Enrollment : 313
11th grade Enrollment : 298
12th grade Enrollment : 278
Special grade Enrollment : 256

White students (%): 97.3%

Here:	97.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 61.6%

This school:	61.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 38.4%

Here:	38.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Races in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 67

Low-Income %: 5.9%

Here:	5.9%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

Out-of-School Suspensions count : 163

Average number of Absences: 8.0

Here:	8.0
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 95.5%

Here:	95.5%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 13.1%

Here:	13.1%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 8.6

Average number of Absences: 9.0

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	9.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 95.2%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	95.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.5

Average number of Absences: 18.0

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	18.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.5%

Here:	94.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.6

Average number of Absences: 11.0

Here:	11.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 0.9%

This school:	0.9%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.8%

Here:	93.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.9

Average number of Absences: 14.0

This school:	14.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.3%

Here:	94.3%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Teacher Count in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 121
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 47

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 97.5%

Here:	97.5%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 95.8%

This school:	95.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.3

Here:	10.3
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 120
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 47

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.2

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	10.2
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 119
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 46

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	100.0%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.3

Here:	10.3
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 120
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 46

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	100.0%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.1

Here:	10.1
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 119

Reading: 460.0

Here:	460.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 440.0

Here:	440.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 460.0

This school:	460.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 89

Reading: 459.0

Here:	459.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 439.0

Here:	439.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 452.0

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	452.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 456.0

This school:	456.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 454.0

Here:	454.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 110.0

Here:	110.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 295
Warning / Failing - English : 9
Needs Improvement - English : 80
Proficiency - English : 177
Advanced - English : 29

Students Tested - Math : 295
Warning / Failing - Math : 14
Needs Improvement - Math : 88
Proficiency - Math : 118
Advanced - Math : 75

MCAS English Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 88.8

Here:	88.8
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 27.0%

This school:	27.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 60.0%

Here:	60.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 10.0%

This school:	10.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 85.5

This school:	85.5
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 5.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	5.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 40.0%

Here:	40.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 315
Warning / Failing - English : 20
Needs Improvement - English : 97
Proficiency - English : 171
Advanced - English : 27

Students Tested - Math : 313
Warning / Failing - Math : 32
Needs Improvement - Math : 103
Proficiency - Math : 138
Advanced - Math : 40

MCAS English Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 85.1

Here:	85.1
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 31.0%

This school:	31.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 54.0%

Here:	54.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 79.5

Here:	79.5
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 10.0%

This school:	10.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 33.0%

Here:	33.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 44.0%

Here:	44.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 296
Warning / Failing - English : 26
Needs Improvement - English : 141
Proficiency - English : 105
Advanced - English : 24

Students Tested - Math : 327
Warning / Failing - Math : 6
Needs Improvement - Math : 39
Proficiency - Math : 145
Advanced - Math : 137

MCAS English Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 76.4

Here:	76.4
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 48.0%

Here:	48.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 35.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	35.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 95.6

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	95.6
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 2.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	2.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 44.0%

Here:	44.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 42.0%

This school:	42.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 306
Warning / Failing - English : 14
Needs Improvement - English : 104
Proficiency - English : 163
Advanced - English : 25

Students Tested - Math : 310
Warning / Failing - Math : 56
Needs Improvement - Math : 126
Proficiency - Math : 106
Advanced - Math : 22

MCAS English Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 83.8

Here:	83.8
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 5.0%

This school:	5.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 34.0%

Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 53.0%

This school:	53.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 8.0%

This school:	8.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Shawsheen Valley Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 72.2

Here:	72.2
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 34.0%

Here:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 296
Standard Assessment : 295
Medically documented absence : 1