Editing Chelmsford, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==

The Chelmsford Public Schools district serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Data below are from Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE);<ref name="ESE">{{cite web |title=Student Data, Chelmsford: Enrollment by Grade |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |access-date=January 31, 2010 |url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=00560000&orgtypecode=5& |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225121132/http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=00560000&orgtypecode=5& |url-status=live}}</ref> class sizes are for 2008–2009 school year.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Active Schools
|-
! Name !! Grades !! Enrolment
|-
| Charles D. Harrington Elementary School || Pre-K–4 || 586
|-
| Byam Elementary School || K–4 || 536
|-
| Center Elementary School || K–4 || 521
|-
| South Row Elementary School || K–4 || 473
|-
| Col. Moses Parker Middle School || 5–6 || 757
|-
| C. Edith McCarthy Middle School || 7–8 || 947
|-
| [[Chelmsford High School]] || 9–12 || 1412
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Defunct Schools
|-
! Name !! Status
|-
| North School || Building burned down in 1981.
|-
| Westlands Elementary School || Closed due to budget cuts in 2008. Building repurposed as home for Chelmsford Community Education and Chelmsford Integrated Preschool ("CHIPS") programs.
|-
| George R. Quessy School || Building no longer standing.
|-
| Highland School || Interior rebuilt as residential.
|-
| McFarlane School || Interior rebuilt as residential.
|-
| Chelmsford High School (1st) || High School moved into new building. Building repurposed as Town Hall offices.
|-
| Chelmsford High School (2nd) || High School moved into new building in 1974. Building repurposed as C. Edith McCarthy Middle School.
|-
| Murdoch Middle Public Charter School || Became [[Innovation Academy Charter School]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |work=Innovation Academy Charter School |access-date=January 28, 2010 |url=http://www.murdochschool.org/about/about_us.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727101927/http://www.murdochschool.org/about/about_us.php |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> and moved to new campus in [[Tyngsborough, Massachusetts|Tyngsborough]] in 2008. Building repurposed as Middlesex Sheriff's Office Training Academy.
|}

All expenditures considered, the Chelmsford public schools district spent $10,070 per pupil as of 2008, which was lower than the state average of $12,449.  This was an increase of almost $400 from Chelmsford per-pupil spending in 2007.  As of 2008 per-pupil allocation, $3,937 went to classroom and specialist teachers, $333 to administration, and $185 to instructional materials, equipment and technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Data, Chelmsford: Total Expenditure Per Pupil, All Funds, By Function |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |access-date=January 31, 2010 |url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/finance.aspx?orgcode=00560000&orgtypecode=5&leftNavId=501& |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225121147/http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/finance.aspx?orgcode=00560000&orgtypecode=5&leftNavId=501& |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Chelmsford High School ranked 66th out of 150 public high schools considered by ''[[Boston Magazine]]''.  The ranking took into account many statistics associated with quality of education and academic performance, including the school's 14.5:1 [[student–teacher ratio]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Public Schools Chart |magazine=Boston Magazine |last=Recck |first=George |access-date=January 31, 2010 |url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston/public2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708155819/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston/public2009 |archive-date=July 8, 2010}}</ref>  In the 2006–2007 school year, the average [[SAT]] scores for Chelmsford High School were 527 in the reading section, 519 in writing, and 535 in math.<ref>{{cite web |title=2006-07 SAT Report |publisher=Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |access-date=January 31, 2010 |url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat.aspx |archive-date=February 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213101826/http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> Chelmsford High School performed significantly better than the state average in the English, math and science portions of the 2009 Grade 10 [[Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System|MCAS]] tests, scoring 89, 87 and 77 out of 100, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top-scoring districts on the 2009 Grade 10 MCAS exams |newspaper=Boston Globe |access-date=January 31, 2010 |url=https://www.boston.com/news/special/education/mcas/scores09/10th_top_districts.htm |date=September 14, 2009 |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113115834/http://www.boston.com/news/special/education/mcas/scores09/10th_top_districts.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>