Whitman Hanson Regional School in Whitman, Massachusetts (MA)

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600 FRANKLIN STREET
Whitman, MA 2382

County name: Plymouth
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (781) 618-7020 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.070
Longitude: -070.909850

Enrollment in Whitman Hanson Regional School

2007 Student Enrollment: 1244
9th grade Enrollment : 318
10th grade Enrollment : 306
11th grade Enrollment : 322
12th grade Enrollment : 289
Special grade Enrollment : 9

Male students (%): 50.6%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	50.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.4%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	49.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 95.3%

Here:	95.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

This school:	0.30%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

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

Here:	0.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 9
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 170
Low-Income # : 179
Free Lunch # : 134
Reduced Lunch # : 45

First Language Not English %: 0.7%

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

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 13.7%

Here:	13.7%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 14.4%

Here:	14.4%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 10.8%

Here:	10.8%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 3.6%

Here:	3.6%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 1256
9th grade Enrollment : 297
10th grade Enrollment : 331
11th grade Enrollment : 321
12th grade Enrollment : 305
Special grade Enrollment : 2

Male students (%): 50.6%

Here:	50.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.4%

Here:	49.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 95.8%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	95.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 2.3%

Here:	2.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 1.3%

This school:	1.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

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

Genders in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 8
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 149
Low-Income # : 161

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	0.6%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	0.2%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 11.9%

Here:	11.9%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 12.8%

Here:	12.8%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 1228
9th grade Enrollment : 322
10th grade Enrollment : 315
11th grade Enrollment : 304
12th grade Enrollment : 283
Special grade Enrollment : 4

White students (%): 94.7%

This school:	94.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 3.2%

This school:	3.2%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

This school:	0.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.5%

This school:	49.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.5%

Here:	50.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 9
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 152
Low-Income # : 119

First Language Not English %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 12.4%

Here:	12.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 9.7%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	9.7%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 1158
9th grade Enrollment : 308
10th grade Enrollment : 301
11th grade Enrollment : 285
12th grade Enrollment : 260
Special grade Enrollment : 4

White students (%): 96.0%

Here:	96.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 2.1%

This school:	2.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 0.4%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	0.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.8%

This school:	49.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.2%

Here:	50.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 8
Special Education # : 120
Low-Income # : 88

First Language Not English %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Special Education %: 10.4%

Here:	10.4%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 7.6%

Here:	7.6%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 1170
9th grade Enrollment : 323
10th grade Enrollment : 293
11th grade Enrollment : 277
12th grade Enrollment : 277

White students (%): 96.2%

Here:	96.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 1.4%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	1.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

This school:	0.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.9%

Here:	49.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.1%

Here:	50.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 2
Low-Income # : 109

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 9.3%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	9.3%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 1154
10th grade Enrollment : 318
11th grade Enrollment : 281
12th grade Enrollment : 270
Special grade Enrollment : 285

White students (%): 97.1%

Here:	97.1%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.9%

Here:	50.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.1%

Here:	49.1%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

First Language Not English # : 3
Low-Income # : 58

First Language Not English %: 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Low-Income %: 5.0%

Here:	5.0%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 1125
10th grade Enrollment : 303
11th grade Enrollment : 296
12th grade Enrollment : 288
Special grade Enrollment : 238

White students (%): 98.1%

Here:	98.1%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.1%

Here:	49.1%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.9%

Here:	50.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Races in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Low-Income # : 62

Low-Income %: 5.5%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	5.5%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 258
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 52

Average number of Absences: 10.2

Here:	10.2
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 94.0%

Here:	94.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 20.7%

Here:	20.7%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 4.2%

Here:	4.2%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.7
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 312

Average number of Absences: 18.0

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	18.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.5%

Here:	92.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 24.8%

Here:	24.8%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.7
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 336

Average number of Absences: 26.0

Here:	26.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.8%

Here:	93.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 27.4%

Here:	27.4%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 332

Average number of Absences: 14.0

Here:	14.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 1.2%

This school:	1.2%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.3%

Here:	93.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 28.7%

This school:	28.7%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 282

Average number of Absences: 40.0

Here:	40.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 3.4%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	3.4%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.5%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	93.5%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 24.1%

Here:	24.1%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Whitman Hanson Regional School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Whitman Hanson Regional School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 73
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 59

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 98.6%

Here:	98.6%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.3%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	98.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.0

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	17.0
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 76
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 63

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 92.1%

Here:	92.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 93.7%

This school:	93.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.5

Here:	16.5
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 73
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 57

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 90.4%

Here:	90.4%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 91.2%

Here:	91.2%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.9

Here:	16.9
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 72
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 63

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.9%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	95.9%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 96.8%

Here:	96.8%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.0

Here:	16.0
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Whitman Hanson Regional School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 220

Reading: 483.0

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	483.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 483.0

Here:	483.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 516.0

Here:	516.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 182

Reading: 484.0

This school:	484.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 476.0

Here:	476.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 506.0

Here:	506.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 499.0

Here:	499.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 503.0

This school:	503.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 199.0

This school:	199.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Whitman Hanson Regional School

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

Students Tested - English : 298
Warning / Failing - English : 11
Needs Improvement - English : 48
Proficiency - English : 150
Advanced - English : 89

Students Tested - Math : 300
Warning / Failing - Math : 20
Needs Improvement - Math : 46
Proficiency - Math : 99
Advanced - Math : 135

MCAS English Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 92.9

Here:	92.9
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 50.0%

Here:	50.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 30.0%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	30.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 89.2

This school:	89.2
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 15.0%

This school:	15.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 33.0%

Here:	33.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 45.0%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	45.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 300
Warning / Failing - English : 24
Needs Improvement - English : 70
Proficiency - English : 152
Advanced - English : 54

Students Tested - Math : 298
Warning / Failing - Math : 31
Needs Improvement - Math : 64
Proficiency - Math : 89
Advanced - Math : 114

MCAS English Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 86.5

This school:	86.5
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 8.0%

This school:	8.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 84.0

Here:	84.0
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 38.0%

This school:	38.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 281
Warning / Failing - English : 23
Needs Improvement - English : 80
Proficiency - English : 93
Advanced - English : 85

Students Tested - Math : 343
Warning / Failing - Math : 44
Needs Improvement - Math : 176
Proficiency - Math : 120
Advanced - Math : 3

MCAS English Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 83.3

Here:	83.3
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 28.0%

This school:	28.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 33.0%

Here:	33.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 72.3

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	72.3
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 13.0%

Here:	13.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 1.0%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	1.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

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

Students Tested - English : 284
Warning / Failing - English : 19
Needs Improvement - English : 92
Proficiency - English : 117
Advanced - English : 56

Students Tested - Math : 287
Warning / Failing - Math : 43
Needs Improvement - Math : 78
Proficiency - Math : 101
Advanced - Math : 65

MCAS English Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 85.5

This school:	85.5
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 32.0%

This school:	32.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 41.0%

This school:	41.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 20.0%

Whitman Hanson Regional School:	20.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Whitman Hanson Regional School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 80.7

Here:	80.7
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 15.0%

Here:	15.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 27.0%

This school:	27.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 303
Standard Assessment : 295
Alternate Assessment : 3
After October : 5