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District Efficiencies and Effectiveness <br /> Based upon a review of both qualitative and quantitative data,the following Major <br /> Findings/Trends have emerged: <br /> • The enrollment in the MPSD is decreasing. The rate is due to lower birth rates and <br /> an increase in parents enrolling their children in private schools and other choice <br /> districts. School choice numbers are rising and the potential for foreign exchange <br /> students attending Mashpee High School in FY15 creates a promising outlook in <br /> terms of student population. However, over the past five years, district enrollment <br /> has decreased by 8.5%. Please see below Figure 4. <br /> Figure 4: MPSD Student Enrollment <br /> School 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 <br /> K.C. Coombs 471 490 518 471 448 431 <br /> uashnet 534 530 527 555 561 • 557 <br /> Middle School 296 275 267 258 264 267 <br /> High School 557 542 483 455 444 443 <br /> Out of District 21 24 26 25 27 22 <br /> Mashpee Totals 1 1,879 1,861 1,821 1,764 1,744 1,720 <br /> DESE Data 1,818 1,856 1,767 1,737 1,725 na <br /> S ecial Education 297 304 329 323 304 355 <br /> • The Massachusetts DART tool (District Analysis &Review Tool) and the <br /> Massachusetts ESE (Elementary&Secondary) Finance statistics show that the <br /> MPSD expenditures are higher for areas such as administration costs ($516 per <br /> pupil,vs.$471 per pupil for the state average), classroom and specialist teachers <br /> ($5,565 per pupil,vs. $5,125 per pupil for the state average),guidance, counseling <br /> and testing ($603 per pupil,vs. $387 per pupil for the state average), and <br /> professional development($313 per pupil,vs. $232 per pupil for the state average). <br /> • After cutting almost 8 FTEs in FY13,the district repurposed staff and according to <br /> DESE,added 9.2 positions including three teachers, two instructional support staff, <br /> and four paraprofessionals in FY14 (see Figure 5). <br /> 13 <br />