This page hosts downloadable files with ACCESS for ELLs test results by district and school. ACCESS for ELLs scores provide information on students' English proficiency. They do not measure students' academic achievement or content knowledge.

Federal and state laws require that English learner (EL) students be assessed annually to measure their proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking English, as well as the progress they are making in learning English. In fulfillment of these laws, EL students are required to participate in ACCESS for ELLs tests. ACCESS for ELLs tests are administered annually in January-February.

This report shows the number and rate of Massachusetts public school students in grades 11 and 12 who completed advanced coursework since 2018.

Advanced coursework includes the following: Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, Project Lead the Way, dual enrollment courses, Chapter 74-approved vocational/technical secondary cooperative education programs, and other selected rigorous courses. For a full list of advanced coursework, please see the List of Advanced Courses for Accountability Reporting on the Accountability Lists, Materials, and Tools website.

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 contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Advanced Course Completion Report

This dataset reports the number of students in all Massachusetts public schools who took one or more Advanced Placement (AP) exams since 2007. Results are disaggregated by test subject and student group.

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

This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Advanced Placement Participation

Arts

• 2-D Art and Design
• 3-D Art and Design
• Drawing
• Music Theory
• Studio Art: 2-D Design
• Studio Art: 3-D Design
• Studio Art: Drawing

English Language Arts

• English Lang/Comp
• English Lit/Comp

Foreign Languages

• Chinese Lang
• French Lang
• French Lit
• German Lang
• Italian Lang
• Japanese Lang
• Latin: Lit
• Latin: Vergil
• Spanish Lang
• Spanish Lit

History and Social Science

• Art History
• Economics: Macro
• Economics: Micro
• Govt & Pol: Comp
• Govt & Pol: U.S.
• Govt RAD: Comp
• Govt RAD: U.S.
• History: European
• History: U.S.
• History: World
• Human Geography
• Psychology
• World History: Modern

Math and Computer Science

• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• Computer Sci A
• Computer Sci AB
• Computer Sci Principles
• Statistics

Science and Technology

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Sci
• Physics 1
• Physics 2
• Physics B
• Physics C: E
• Physics C: E&M
• Physics C: Mech

Capstone

• Capstone Research
• Capstone Seminar

This dataset contains Advanced Placement (AP) score data for all Massachusetts public and charter schools and districts since 2007. It shows the number of students who received each possible score (1-5) on AP exams, as well as the percent of students scoring 1-2 or 3-5 on those exams, disaggregated by student group.

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

This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Advanced Placement Performance

Arts

• 2-D Art and Design
• 3-D Art and Design
• Drawing
• Music Theory
• Studio Art: 2-D Design
• Studio Art: 3-D Design
• Studio Art: Drawing

English Language Arts

• English Lang/Comp
• English Lit/Comp

Foreign Languages

• Chinese Lang
• French Lang
• French Lit
• German Lang
• Italian Lang
• Japanese Lang
• Latin: Lit
• Latin: Vergil
• Spanish Lang
• Spanish Lit

History and Social Science

• Art History
• Economics: Macro
• Economics: Micro
• Govt & Pol: Comp
• Govt & Pol: U.S.
• Govt RAD: Comp
• Govt RAD: U.S.
• History: European
• History: U.S.
• History: World
• Human Geography
• Psychology
• World History: Modern

Math and Computer Science

• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• Computer Sci A
• Computer Sci AB
• Computer Sci Principles
• Statistics

Science and Technology

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Sci
• Physics 1
• Physics 2
• Physics B
• Physics C: E
• Physics C: E&M
• Physics C: Mech

Capstone

• Capstone Research
• Capstone Seminar

This dataset contains the number and percentage of Massachusetts public school students completing at least one arts course in grades K-12 since 2018. Arts courses are reported in the Student Course Schedule (SCS) system and align with the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework. For a full list of courses and subjects, see the Arts Course List.

Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the arts course list was updated the "Media Arts" category. In addition, a number of arts courses were reclassified from the "General Arts" category to "Visual Arts" to more closely align to the industry standard. Since 2022, courses are no longer assigned to the "General" category.

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 contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Arts Coursetaking Report

This dataset provides the average annual earnings by industry 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 Industries

• 00 - All Students
• 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
• 21 - Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
• 22 - Utilities
• 23 - Construction
• 31 - Manufacturing
• 42 - Wholesale Trade
• 44 - Retail Trade
• 48 - Transportation and Warehousing
• 51 - Information
• 52 - Finance and Insurance
• 53 - Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
• 54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• 55 - Management of Companies and Enterprises
• 56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
• 61 - Educational Services
• 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance
• 71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
• 72 - Accommodation and Food Services
• 81 - Other Services (except Public Administration)
• 92 - Public Administration
• 0 - No Industry Reported

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

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)

This page hosts resources to help users understand state aid to Massachusetts public schools. It contains information about legislation and regulations, spending requirements, analytic reports, and other features. It also includes two downloadable Excel workbooks:

• Chapter 70 District Profiles - Shows yearly spending and state aid totals since 1993 by district in comparison to the foundation budget.
Chapter 70 Trends in Aid and Local Contribution - Shows trend data for the key factors influencing Chapter 70 required local contributions and state aid calculations since 2007.

The Chapter 70 program is the major program of state aid to public elementary and secondary schools. In addition to providing state aid to support school operations, it also establishes minimum spending requirements for each school district and minimum requirements for each municipality's share of school costs.

This report includes several indicators that reflect attendance information collected on March 1st and at the end of the selected school year for students in grades PK-12.

Attendance rate indicates the average percentage of days in attendance for students enrolled in grades PK - 12 with at least 20 days in membership.

Massachusetts defines chronically absent as missing at least 10 percent of days enrolled (for instance, 18 days absent if enrolled for a typical school year of 180 days), regardless of the reason for the absence. Being chronically absent can have a significant impact on a student's academic progress and their ability to access the variety of academic and non-academic supports that schools provide.

Chronic absenteeism grew during the COVID-19 pandemic and, as of the 2022-23 school year, had not returned to pre-pandemic rates. Almost 1 in 4 Massachusetts students missed 18 or more days of school in 2022-23. To see which schools were identified as Attendance Priority Schools in fall 2023, download this file: Attendance Priority Schools.