This dataset provides the number and percentage Massachusetts public high school students who dropped out of high school since 2008. It also includes the percentage of dropouts by grade.

Dropout rate is calculated as the percentage of students in a given grade who dropped out of school between July 1 and June 30 prior to the listed year and who did not return to school by the following October 1. Dropouts are defined as students who leave school prior to graduation for reasons other than transfer to another school. Dropout rates are not reported for any student group where the number of students is less than 6.

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:
Dropout Report

This data story highlights insights from the Early College Data Dashboard on student participation and college credits earned and features two unique partnerships.

This dataset contains data on credits registered and earned by students in designated Early College programs since school year 2021-22. Early College is a program that designates partnerships between high schools and colleges to support high school students to complete college courses. The list of designated partnerships is available here.

Students are counted in this dataset if they are marked as an Early College student by the district. Credits are counted in this dataset if they are submitted to DHE. The credits are counted based on where they are taken, even if that is an institution of higher ed (IHE) outside of the student's designated Early College partnership. Credits from Fall and Spring semester are counted; summer credits are not counted. Data includes any credits at public IHEs (Wentworth Institute of Technology data have not been submitted as of July 2024), and '22-23 data from private IHEs that are part of an Early College designated partnership.

The dataset is updated in the fall of each year to add in the previous year's credits. Credit counts are suppressed (hidden) for groups in which there are fewer than 6 students to protect student privacy, though those credits are still counted in totals.

The data here are the same as the credit data in the Early College Dashboard.

This dataset contains data on the number of students participating in designated Early College programs since school year 2020-21. Early College is a program that designates partnerships between high schools and colleges to support high school students to complete college courses. The list of designated partnerships is available here.

Students are counted in this dataset if they are marked as an Early College student by the district. The district also submits each student's affiliation with a single institution of higher education (IHE), though some Early College students take credits at more than one IHE. The period column allows you to filter for Fall or Spring, or to see the full-year deduplicated count of participants.

The dataset is updated after each semester, when the SIMS collection for that semester is certified.

The data here are the same as the participation data in the Early College Dashboard.

Data note: For the Fall 2021 collection, only 2 digits of the college code were stored, so college names could not be loaded. The incomplete 2-digit codes are shown in this dataset, but the college name field is blank for that collection.

This dashboard displays state and district level educator data by race and ethnicity. It was created to support the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's commitment to provide all students with a racially diverse and culturally responsive educator workforce.

The Employed Educators Report provides the most recent three years of data for educators employed in Massachusetts public schools. Total educators, new hires, retention, experienced educators, and in-field data are displayed by job classification.

This dashboard contains the same data that is also published in the following datasets in the E2C Hub:
Educator Dashboard: MTEL
Educator Dashboard: Licensure
Educator Dashboard: Educator Preparation
Educator Dashboard: Teacher Indicators
Educator Dashboard: Total Educators, Retention, and New Hires

This dataset displays educator licensure data 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.

Educator Licensure: This displays the number and percent of individuals who were issued an emergency, provisional, and initial license within the school year (September 1 to August 31).

This dataset contains the same data that is also published in the Educator Licensure table on our Educator Dashboard.

This dataset displays educator preparation data 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.

Educator Preparation: This displays the number and percent of candidates who enrolled and completed their program in the program year. This is based on the individuals' furthest, or most recently reported, point in the selected program year as reported by the organization.

This dataset contains the same data that is also published in the Educator Preparation table on our Educator Dashboard.

This dataset shows the number of candidates who completed an approved Massachusetts educator preparation program by institution, license level, and the type of program completed since 2011. It includes the total number of candidates meeting all requirements of the preparation program (i.e., instruction/course work and practicum), regardless of whether a candidate has taken and passed state tests or assessments for licensure or has been endorsed for licensure by the program.

Note: "All Program Completers" may double count candidates who completed two programs during the same year.

This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Ed Prep Program Completers