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The state reports 58.3% of paraprofessionals retained in FY2022 and 66.1% in FY2023, against 93.0% in FY2021.
Share retained from the year before
ParaprofessionalsTeachers
Paraprofessionals
Teachers
FY2021
93%
92.1%
FY2022
58.3%
90.4%
FY2023
66.1%
88.9%
DESE’s own rate, the only years its file covers.
1 · The facts
93.0%
paraprofessionals retained, FY2021
58.3%
paraprofessionals retained, FY2022
66.1%
paraprofessionals retained, FY2023
92.1%
teachers retained, FY2021
90.4%
teachers retained, FY2022
88.9%
teachers retained, FY2023
14
paraprofessionals hired, FY2022
14
paraprofessionals hired, FY2023
—
why people left: resigned, moved, or a post ended
not published
2 · What it shows
1
The state reports 58.3% of paraprofessionals retained in FY2022 and 66.1% in FY2023.
2
Teachers were retained at 92.1%, 90.4% and 88.9% over the same three years.
3
The state’s file covers only FY2021 to FY2023, and says nothing about why anybody left.
Share retained from the year before, by job class
FY2021
FY2022
FY2023
Administrator
81.3%
81.3%
82.4%
Other - Licensed
78.6%
57.1%
56.3%
Other - Non-Licensed
93.3%
75.7%
79.5%
Paraprofessional
93.0%
58.3%
66.1%
Teacher
92.1%
90.4%
88.9%
The share DESE publishes for each class. Its file does not state the denominator, and for one class it does not follow from the headcounts.
What was said
“$19,539 transfer to reconcile accounts for transfer’s associated with paraprofessionals, from resignations, internal transfers and new hires”