Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000. Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3)

School Enrollment

State Level

County Level

Billerica

Chelmsford

Dracut

Dunstable

Lowell

Pepperell

Tewksbury

Tyngsborough

Westford

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,726,111

391,638

10,173

8,634

7,397

859

30,686

3,242

7,256

3,287

6,279

Nursery school, preschool

122,930

30,806

683

614

532

98

1,880

260

685

329

801

Kindergarten

86,479

18,198

517

523

332

67

1,325

141

467

122

388

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

703,094

151,076

4,894

3,916

3,460

383

13,556

1,671

3,329

1,623

3,079

High School (grades 9 - 12)

340,205

70,477

2,110

1,950

1,498

159

6,071

700

1,322

657

1,275

College or graduate school

473,403

121,081

1,969

1,631

1,575

152

7,854

470

1,453

556

736

Educational Attainment

State Level

County Level

Billerica

Chelmsford

Dracut

Dunstable

Lowell

Pepperell

Tewksbury

Tyngsborough

Westford

Population 25 years and over

4,273,275

1,006,497

26,041

23,654

19,175

1,837

64,421

6,975

19,882

7,139

13,275

Less than 9th grade

247,556

43,564

515

526

1,174

8

8,337

148

594

186

208

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

403,537

72,502

2,325

1,128

1,919

99

10,204

336

1,813

525

569

High school graduate(includes equivalency)

1,165,489

235,369

9,501

5,266

6,660

453

20,674

2,191

6,376

2,229

1,953

Some college, no degree

730,135

152,585

5,210

4,180

3,750

321

10,133

1,382

4,237

1,468

1,916

Associate degree

308,263

63,744

2,386

2,151

1,805

144

3,398

628

1,842

544

1,087

Bachelor's degree

834,554

236,568

4,085

6,127

2,611

464

7,386

1,549

3,345

1,474

4,234

Graduate or professional degree

583,741

202,165

2,019

4,276

1,249

348

4,289

741

1,675

713

3,308