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Ayer Shirley Regional High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
141 Washington Street
Ayer, MA 01432
Phone
(978) 772-8600
District
Ayer Shirley School District
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
394
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.0% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Ayer Shirley Regional High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
61%
53%
72%
57%
49%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 98 24.9%
Grade 10 119 30.2%
Grade 11 88 22.3%
Grade 12 89 22.6%
Total 394 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 75.1% 75.9% 57.0%
Black 5.5% 5.7% 9.8%
Hispanic 14.7% 13.2% 25.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.4% 4.2% 7.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 1.0% 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 15,500 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 625.9 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.3% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.5% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.2% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 17.9% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,179 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.4% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.4% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 30.6% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.5% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.2% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.5% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.5% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.7% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,002 $18,374,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,677 $2,800,000 7.6%
Staff $876 $1,463,000 4.0%
General Administration $360 $602,000 1.6%
School Administration $1,115 $1,862,000 5.0%
Operation $1,646 $2,748,000 7.4%
Transportation $928 $1,550,000 4.2%
Other $844 $1,409,000 3.8%
Total Support $7,446 $12,434,000 33.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,669 $6,127,000 16.6%
Total Expenditures $22,117 $36,935,000 100.0%
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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