SFC | Early Education for All Campaign

Key educational benchmarks			Community	Massachusetts
% of third graders who meet or exceed expectations in reading (Next-generation MCAS, 2019)			%	56%
% of students graduating high school within four years			%	89.0%
Early education and care
% of children under age 6 with all parents in the labor force			%	73.5%
# of preschool-aged (3-5 yrs) children			#	224,901
% of 3- and 4-year-old children enrolled in an early education program (estimate only)			%	59.5%
# of public schools with preschool classrooms			#	518
# of licensed center-based programs, pre-COVID*			#	2,892
# of licensed family child care providers, pre-COVID*			#	5,330
K-12 education¹
# of students enrolled in public school			#	911,465
% of public school students identified as economically disadvantaged			%	36.6%
% of public school students whose first language is not English			%	23.4%
% of public school students receiving special education services			%	18.7%
% of public school kindergarten students attending full-day kindergarten			%	93.8%

Child population	Birth-5		6-18
	Community	Massachusetts	Community	Massachusetts
# of children	#	442,592	#	1,074,498
% of children living below poverty²	%	14.2%	%	12.7%
% who are Black or African American	%	7.4%	%	7.3%
% who are Asian	%	6.3%	%	5.2%
% who are Hispanic or Latino	%	16.9%	%	13.9%
% who are White	%	63.1%	%	69.1%
% of children who are another race, or two or more races³	%	6.2%	%	4.4%

*	Community data calculated by SFC, 2016. Visit EEC for most recent local data. Massachusetts totals pre-COVID from early 2020. available in EEC Board Meeting, March 9, 2021.
¹	Community data excludes charter and vocational schools. Economically disadvantaged is calculated based on a student's participation in one or more of the following state-administered programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); the Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC); the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) foster care program; and MassHealth (Medicaid).
²	Includes children birth to 17. The 2017 federal poverty guideline for a family of four is $24,600 per year.
³	Includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.
Sources: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Census 2010, ACS 15-19.