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Graph 1: General Fund Expenses School Expenses State Aid Graph 2: General Fund Expenses Framingham population Graph 3: State Aid to Framingham Graph 4: General Fund per capita costs General Fund expenditures Framingham population Graph 5: Health Insurance costs Graph 6: Town/school employees Graph 7: SAT scores SAT Scores for Framingham Seniors Year Verbal Math Writing ---- ------ ---- ------- 1992 514 519 1993 518 528 1994 523 533 1995 520 531 1996 528 543 1997 526 542 1998 529 549 1999 522 539 2000 507 528 2001 511 533 2002 526 538 2003 531 554 2004 514 533 2005 524 541 2006 509 541 507 2007 510 545 509 2008 501 515 494 http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2005_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on Gen. School State Health Year Pop. Fund Expense Aid Ins. Retire ---- ------ ------- ------- ------ ------ ------ 1990 64,989 87.666 37.068 17.000 5.711 4.255 1991 65,181 90.338 38.073 14.367 6.383 4.613 1992 65,373 91.472 37.150 12.100 6.538 5.202 1993 65,565 96.866 37.312 11.833 7.425 5.729 1994 65,757 89.851 40.370 13.087 8.300 5.971 1995 65,949 94.324 42.279 13.944 8.350 6.848 1996 66,141 103.762 45.978 15.892 8.848 6.047 1997 66,333 111.300 48.709 16.814 9.750 6.304 1998 66,525 116.510 51.977 18.693 11.244 6.653 1999 66,717 126.173 57.881 20.384 12.095 6.844 2000 66,910 131.596 58.826 23.900 12.602 6.851 2001 66,793 139.032 64.334 27.900 13.787 6.240 2002 66,291 148.476 68.254 27.554 15.406 6.504 2003 65,955 161.481 73.555 26.661 17.574 6.787 2004 65,512 164.093 72.489 23.354 19.866 7.184 2005 65,060 169,390 73.982 25,069 22.083 7.593 2006 64,553 174,490 75.534 23.205 24.512 7.939 2007 64,560 183.520 78.216 26.890 26.693 8.330 2008 28.160 8.970 2009 29.889 9.419 2010 31.599 9.976  http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/schfin/statistics/enrollment.aspx http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/enrollmentbygrade.aspx http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/selectedpopulations.aspx Stu Total Cost School My State Teacher Tea School Per SAT SAT SAT Year Costs Enroll Enroll Tchers Salary Ratio Costs Student Eng Math Wri ---- ------- ------ ----- ------ ------ ----- ------ ------- --- ---- --- 1980 10,578 1981 9,928 1982 9,268 1983 8,739 1984 8,137 1985 7,845 8,075 1986 7,586 7,809 1987 7,289 7,557 1988 7,318 7,335 1989 7,046 7,328 1990 37.068 7,305 7,111 604 1991 38.073 7,289 6,964 577 40,381 xx.x 1992 37.150 7,418 6,922 549 42,076 514 519 1993 37.312 7,374 7,099 542 42,081 518 528 1994 40.370 7,431 7,182 567 42,000 523 533 1995 42.279 7,504 7,230 598 41,897 520 531 1996 45.978 7,758 7,295 610 44,062 528 543 1997 48.704 7,851 7,562 641 43,681 526 542 1998 51.977 7,893 7,626 675 42,962 529 549 1999 57.881 8,242 7,663 674 46,805 522 539 2000 58.826 8,518 7,968 690 48,979 507 528 2001 64.334 8,391 8,306 716 50,144 511 533 2002 68.254 8,364 8,211 742 50,480 526 538 2003 73.555 8,102 8,148 726 54,330 531 554 2004 72.489 8,065 7,939 692 54,848 514 533 2005 73.982 8,124 7,857 701 55,390 524 541 2006 75.534 8,085 7,897 701 59,265 509 541 507 2007 78.216 8,085 7,834 701 59,788 Keefe Tech Numbers ------------------ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/ppx.aspx?mode=&year=2004&orderBy=TOTAL_PPX%20DESC Framingham Total Framingham Total Framingham Total Cost per Cost per Year Cost Costs Enrollment Enrollment Pupil Pupil ---- ---- ----- ---------- ---------- ----- ----- 1990 3.379 475 745 1991 3.590 515 725 1992 3.647 513 632 1993 4.139 487 624 1994 4.298 505 615 1995 4.472 532 623 1996 4.767 8.972 551 627 8,651 14,309 1997 5.249 9.569 588 721 8,926 13,271 1998 5.258 10.211 570 716 9,224 14,261 1999 6.067 10.676 548 730 11,071 14,624 2000 6.284 11.470 516 707 12,178 16,223 2001 6.371 11.705 516 722 12,346 16,211 2002 6.359 12.109 531 760 11,975 15,932 2003 6.302 12.564 511 766 12,332 16,402 2004 6.776 12.695 534 732 12,689 17,342 2005 6.792 529 742 12,839 2006 6.996 2007 DPW, Fire, Police Expenses -------------------------- 1990 7.108 7.109 4.989 1991 6.216 7.585 5.112 1992 5.598 7.357 4.979 1993 6.274 7.379 5.153 1994 6.630 7.138 5.507 1995 5.864 7.193 5.851 1996 7.448 7.498 6.214 1997 6.896 7.824 6.720 1998 7.233 8.056 7.283 1999 7.323 8.297 8.366 2000 7.070 8.948 8.816 2001 8.292 9.319 8.569 2002 8.920 9.629 8.693 2003 9.353 9.878 9.035 2004 8.568 9.755 9.006 2005 9.964 10.416 9.112 2006 9.418 10.197 9.910 2007 9.699 11.334 10.444 Enterprise Fund Graphs ---------------------- Total Total MWRA Total MWRA Total Enterprise Sewer Sewer Water Water Arena Fund Year Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses 1994 9084.5 6813.4 4067.6 1952.4 317.8 13469.9 1995 9289.0 6966.8 4491.9 2156.1 312.5 14093.4 1996 8888.5 6666.4 4538.6 2178.5 469.6 13896.7 1997 9734.9 7314.4 5002.3 2364.7 329.7 15066.9 1998 11097.3 7548.5 6875.3 2630.9 328.0 18300.6 1999 10506.0 7656.1 6328.3 2805.8 342.9 17177.2 2000 10666.2 7699.6 6074.9 3106.9 464.0 17205.1 2001 11141.1 7730.3 6558.9 3704.1 479.4 18179.4 2002 10080.0 7601.4 7181.3 4055.4 489.2 17750.5 2003 10582.2 7596.7 7665.9 4330.7 487.8 18735.9 2004 11651.6 7916.7 8748.7 4658.4 514.9 20915.2 2005 13067.2 8241.4 10524.6 4972.9 559.9 24151.7 Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Population 64,989 65,181 65,373 65,565 65,757 65,949 66,141 66,333 66,525 66,717 66,910 66,469 66,020 65,585 65,154 64,734 64,353 Employment 1636 1774 1933 2024 2088 2156 2246 2273 New Employees +138 +159 +91 +64 +68 +90 +27

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