This dashboard provides detailed data about charter schools in Massachusetts. It contains a variety of indicators across many categories, including enrollment, academics, attendance, suspension, retention, attrition, mobility, graduation, and dropout. Indicators are disaggregated by grade and student group, and are contextualized with comparison data.

For more information about the Charter School Dashboard, visit the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's website on Board Governance and Charter Amendments.

The Massachusetts Educator License Mapping Tool links educator licenses to courses. The current version of the mapping tool reflects several important changes from the 2018-19 pilot version, including:

• Educators with a moderate disabilities and/or severe disabilities license are considered "in-field" for all courses within the grade span and content areas for the license. (e.g. a teacher with a PreK-8 Moderate Disabilities license will be "in-field" when teaching a grade 5 math course but is considered "out-of-field" if teaching grade 4 music).
• Legacy licenses are appropriately reflected in the crosswalk.
• Some specific courses were updated with additional licensure fields deemed appropriate. (e.g. a teacher with a Business license will be "in-field" when teaching a marketing course).
• Updates to the courses that an Early Childhood or Elementary teacher is "in-field" for teaching (e.g. an Elementary teacher is not "in-field" when teaching Music).

Please note that while the mapping tool can serve as guidance to districts in considering hiring and assignment of individual educators, it does not prohibit a district from assigning an out-of-field educator to a course.

These dashboards provide information about how districts and schools in Massachusetts implemented student learning time (SLT) requirements for students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) conducted a statewide survey about the number of hours students spend learning in person, remote synchronously, and remote asynchronously. This information was requested for students in grades 1, 4, 7, and 10 from all public school districts, including charter districts. The survey was administered twice, resulting in two similar dashboards: first in November 2020, and then again in February 2021.

This dataset includes expenditure data reported by school districts, charter schools, and virtual schools starting with fiscal year 2009. It also includes student enrollment, demographic, and performance indicators as well as teacher salary and staffing data.

In addition to showing the overall cost per pupil, this dataset provides detail about how much districts spend in major functional areas such as administration, teaching, and maintenance. For more information about the data and how to interpret it, please visit the School Finance Dashboard.

Economically Disadvantaged was used 2015-2021. Low Income was used prior to 2015, and a different version of Low Income has been used since 2022. Please see the DESE Researcher's Guide for more information.

This dataset is one of three containing the same data that is also published in the School Finance Dashboard: District Expenditures by Spending Category District Expenditures by Function Code School Expenditures by Spending Category

List of Indicators by Category

Student Enrollment

• In-District FTE Pupils
• Out-of-District FTE Pupils
• Total FTE Pupils

Student Demographics

• Student Headcount
• Low-Income % Headcount
• English Learner % Headcount
• Students with Disabilities % Headcount

Teacher Salaries

• Teacher FTE
• Teachers per 100 FTE Students
• Average Teacher Salary

Other Staff

• Instructional Coach FTE
• Instructional Support FTE
• Special Education Instructional Support FTE
• Paraprofessional FTE

MCAS Performance

• ELA Grades 3-8 % Meets Exceeds
• Math Grades 3-8 % Meets Exceeds
• ELA Grade 10 % Meets Exceeds
• Math Grade 10 % Meets Exceeds

Expenditures

• Administration
• Instructional Leadership
• Teachers
• Other Teaching Services
• Professional Development
• Instructional Materials, Equipment and Technology
• Guidance, Counseling and Testing
• Pupil Services
• Operations and Maintenance
• Insurance, Retirement Programs and Other
• Total In-District Expenditures
• Total Expenditures

This page provides data and reporting resources for school districts and public two-year colleges offering Career Technical Education (CTE) programs overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Laws and regulations require districts, public two-year colleges, and the state to assess the effectiveness of CTE programs through the collection of student-level performance data, and to disaggregate it for populations of students and by program. These can be used to make progress toward improving student performance.

Available data include:

• CTE Enrollment Dashboard (Power BI)
• CTE Perkins IV Core Indicators Dashboard (Power BI)
• CTE Perkins V Core Indicators Dashboard (Power BI)
• Graduate Follow-up Survey Results (XLSX)

The DART: Success After High School Dashboard is a tool used to support the self-evaluation process for whole districts as well as individual schools. It contains a set of data elements provide an indication of the overall condition of a district or school's efforts to ensure all students are ready for their next steps as productive and contributing members of society.

This tool contains data elements that cover a range of school, district, post-secondary and career readiness information including demographics, high school indicators, high school performance, programs of study, post-secondary education outcomes, and career development education.

The DARTs provide a gauge of the overall condition of a district or school, but do not have all available information. They should be treated as a good starting point for exploring the data and identifying areas of focus for further inquiry. Please see the Info tab on the dashboard for detailed data analysis considerations.

This dataset shows the number of residents in a town who attend school in each district since 2014. It includes the reason for enrollment, such as being a resident of the district, school choice, paying tuition, or selecting a charter school.

This dataset is one of two containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Student Sending and Receiving Report (dashboard only displays current year of data): Where Residents Go to School (Sending) Reasons for Student Enrollment by Town (Receiving)

This dataset displays state and district teacher indicators (In-Field or Experienced) by race and ethnicity with rows for different years. It was created as part of a dashboard supporting the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's commitment to provide all students with a racially diverse and culturally responsive educator workforce.
Selected Teacher Indicators: This displays the number and percent of teachers who are licensed in the subject area(s) they teach (In-Field), as well as the number and percent of teachers who have been teaching in a Massachusetts public school for at least three years (Experienced). Note: The In-Field report uses end-of-year EPIMS; the most recently available data are displayed.
This dataset contains the same data that is also published in the Teacher Indicators table on our Educator Dashboard.

See notice below about this dataset

This dataset provides the average earnings by student group per district.  Wage records are obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) using a secure, anonymized matching process with limitations. For details on the process and suppression rules, please visit the Employment and Earnings of High School Graduates dashboard.

This dataset is one of three containing the same data that is also published in the Employment and Earnings of High School Graduates dashboard: Average Earnings by Student Group Average Earnings by Industry College and Career Outcomes

2025 Update on DESE Data on Employment and Earnings 

The data link between high school graduates and future earnings makes it possible to follow students beyond high school and college into the workforce, enabling long-term evaluation of educational programs using workforce outcomes.

While DESE has published these data in the past, as of June 2025 we are temporarily pausing updates due to an issue conducting the link that was brought to our attention in 2023 by a team of researchers. The issue impacts the earnings information for students who never attended a postsecondary institution or who only attended private or out-of-state colleges or universities, beginning with the 2017 high school graduation cohort, with growing impact in each successive high school graduation cohort.

The issue does not impact the earnings information for students who attended a Massachusetts public institution of higher education, and earnings data for those students will continue to be updated.

Once a solution is found, the past cohorts of data with low match rates will be updated. DESE and partner agencies are exploring linking strategies to maximize the utility of the information.

More detailed information can be found in the attached memo provided by the research team from the Annenberg Institute. We thank them for calling this issue to our attention.

This dataset contains data about students identified for special education services or no longer receiving special education services by grade since 2018. It contains multiple rows for each district, with rows for different years and grades, and columns indicating the number and percentage of students moving in and out of services. For details on how students are identified as receiving services or moving off of services, please visit the RADAR Special Education Dashboard.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets.

This dataset is one of five containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Special Education Dashboard: Special Education Program Characteristics and Student Demographics Special Education Placement Trajectory Students Moving In and Out of Special Education Services Special Education Indicators Special Education Student Progression from High School through Postsecondary Education

See notice below about this dataset

This dataset provides the number of graduates who enrolled in each type of postsecondary education per district.

Wage records are obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) using a secure, anonymized matching process with limitations. For details on the process and suppression rules, please visit the Employment and Earnings of High School Graduates dashboard.

This dataset is one of three containing the same data that is also published in the Employment and Earnings of High School Graduates dashboard: Average Earnings by Student Group Average Earnings by Industry College and Career Outcomes

List of Outcomes

• Total Postsecondary Enrollment
• In-State Public 2-Year
• In-State Public 4-Year
• In-State Private
• Out-of-State
• Total Employed
• Total Missing

2025 Update on DESE Data on Employment and Earnings 

The data link between high school graduates and future earnings makes it possible to follow students beyond high school and college into the workforce, enabling long-term evaluation of educational programs using workforce outcomes.

While DESE has published these data in the past, as of June 2025 we are temporarily pausing updates due to an issue conducting the link that was brought to our attention in 2023 by a team of researchers. The issue impacts the earnings information for students who never attended a postsecondary institution or who only attended private or out-of-state colleges or universities, beginning with the 2017 high school graduation cohort, with growing impact in each successive high school graduation cohort.

The issue does not impact the earnings information for students who attended a Massachusetts public institution of higher education, and earnings data for those students will continue to be updated.

Once a solution is found, the past cohorts of data with low match rates will be updated. DESE and partner agencies are exploring linking strategies to maximize the utility of the information.

More detailed information can be found in the attached memo provided by the research team from the Annenberg Institute. We thank them for calling this issue to our attention.

This dataset contains special education program characteristics and student demographics since 2019. It is a long file that contains multiple rows for each district, with rows for different years and indicators. For definitions of each indicator, please visit the RADAR Special Education Dashboard.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets.

This dataset is one of five containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Special Education Dashboard: Special Education Program Characteristics and Student Demographics Special Education Placement Trajectory Students Moving In and Out of Special Education Services Special Education Indicators Special Education Student Progression from High School through Postsecondary Education

List of Indicators

• Enrollment
• Gradespan
• Race/Ethnicity
• Gender
• EL and Low Income/Economically Disadvantaged
• In District/Out of District
• Placement
• Disability Type
• Special Education FTEs per 100 SWDs

This dataset contains special education placement trajectory since 2018. It is a long file that contains multiple rows for each district, with rows for different years, gradespans, and placement types.

“Placement trajectory” refers to the placement of a student at the end of the period compared to their original placement; students may either no longer have an IEP, have the same placement, or have a different placement. For details on how trajectory is determined, please visit the RADAR Special Education Dashboard.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets.

This dataset is one of five containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Special Education Dashboard: Special Education Program Characteristics and Student Demographics Special Education Placement Trajectory Students Moving In and Out of Special Education Services Special Education Indicators Special Education Student Progression from High School through Postsecondary Education

This dataset contains special education indicators since 2017. It is a long file that contains multiple rows for each district, with rows for different years, comparing students with disabilities, students without disabilities, and all students on a wide range of indicators. Not all indicators are available for all years. For definitions of each indicator, please visit the RADAR Special Education Dashboard.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets.

This dataset is one of five containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Special Education Dashboard: Special Education Program Characteristics and Student Demographics Special Education Placement Trajectory Students Moving In and Out of Special Education Services Special Education Indicators Special Education Student Progression from High School through Postsecondary Education

Below is a list of indicators that are included within the dataset. Note: "Student progression from high school through second year of postsecondary education" and "Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion" are available for download in this companion dataset. These two indicators are separate from the main Special Education Indicators download since the data are in a different format.

List of Indicators

Context

• Stability rate (enrolled all year)
• Student Enrollment

Student Outcomes

• 4-year cohort graduation rate
• 5-year cohort graduation rate
• 9th to 10th grade promotion rate (first-time 9th graders only)
• Annual dropout rate
• Chronically absent rate (% of students absent 10% or more each year)
• Student attendance rate
• Students absent 10 or more days each year
• Students suspended in school at least once
• Students suspended out-of-school at least once

Assessments (Next Gen MCAS)

• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in ELA (Grades 3-8)
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in ELA (Grade 10)
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in math (Grades 3-8)
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in math (Grade 10)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on ELA (Grades 3-8)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on ELA (Grade 10)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on math (Grades 3-8)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on math (Grade 10)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on science (Grades 5 and 8)
• Meeting or exceeding expectations on science (Grade 10)

Assessments (AP and SAT)

• Jr / Sr AP test takers scoring 3 or above
• Jr / Sr enrolled in one or more AP / IB courses
• Jr / Sr who took AP courses and participated in one or more AP tests
• SAT average score - Mathematics
• SAT average score - reading

Program of Study

• 12th graders passing a full year of mathematics coursework
• 12th graders passing a full year of science and technology/engineering coursework
• 9th graders completing and passing all courses
• High school graduates who completed MassCore

Postsecondary Outcomes

• College students persistently enrolled in postsecondary education for the first two years
• High school graduates enrolled in 2-year postsecondary education
• High school graduates enrolled in 4-year postsecondary education
• Students enrolled in postsecondary education in the immediate fall after high school graduation
• Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion
• Student progression from high school through second year of postsecondary education

Special Education Staff

• Special education director FTE
• Special education teachers per 100 SWD
• Special education paraprofessionals per 100 SWD
• Special education support staff per 100 SWD

This dataset contains school-level expenditures reported by major functional spending category starting with fiscal year 2019. It also includes school-level enrollment, demographic, and performance indicators as well as teacher salary and staffing data.

The dataset shows school-level per pupil expenditures by major functional expenditure categories and funding sources, including state and local funds (general fund and state grants) and federal funds.

School districts only report instructional expenditures by school. This report attributes other costs to each school on a per pupil basis to show a full resource picture. The three cost centers are:

1. Non-instructional per pupil spending reported at the school district level;
2. Instructional per pupil spending reported at the district level; and
3. Instructional per pupil spending reported at the school level

Economically Disadvantaged was used 2015-2021. Low Income was used prior to 2015, and a different version of Low Income has been used since 2022. Please see the DESE Researcher's Guide for more information.

This dataset is one of three containing the same data that is also published in the School Finance Dashboard: District Expenditures by Spending Category District Expenditures by Function Code School Expenditures by Spending Category

List of Indicators by Category

Student Enrollment

• In-District FTE Pupils
• Out-of-District FTE Pupils
• Total FTE Pupils

Student Demographics

• Student Headcount
• Low-Income % Headcount
• English Learner % Headcount
• Students with Disabilities % Headcount

Teacher Salaries

• Teacher FTE
• Teachers per 100 FTE Students
• Average Teacher Salary

Other Staff

• Instructional Coach FTE
• Instructional Support FTE
• Special Education Instructional Support FTE
• Paraprofessional FTE

MCAS Performance

• ELA Grades 3-8 % Meets Exceeds
• Math Grades 3-8 % Meets Exceeds
• ELA Grade 10 % Meets Exceeds
• Math Grade 10 % Meets Exceeds

District-Level FTE Pupils

District-Level State and Local Non-Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Administration
• Benefits and Fixed Costs
• Operations and Maintenance
• Pupil Services

District-Level Federal Non-Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Administration
• Benefits and Fixed Costs
• Operations and Maintenance
• Pupil Services

Sub-total A

District-Level State and Local Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Guidance and Psychological Services
• Instructional Leaders
• Instructional Materials
• Other Teaching Services
• Professional Development
• Teachers

District-Level Federal Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Guidance and Psychological Services
• Instructional Leaders
• Instructional Materials
• Other Teaching Services
• Professional Development
• Teachers

Sub-total B

School-Level State and Local Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Guidance and Psychological Services
• Instructional Leaders
• Instructional Materials
• Other Teaching Services
• Professional Development
• Teachers

School-Level Federal Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil

• Guidance and Psychological Services
• Instructional Leaders
• Instructional Materials
• Other Teaching Services
• Professional Development
• Teachers

Sub-total C

Total A+B+C