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Acton-Boxborough

A public school district in Acton, Massachusetts, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,055
Students enrolled
392.7
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
737.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$20,676
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,055 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,903rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 40th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $20,676 in fiscal year 2023
More than 75% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Acton-Boxborough spent $20,676 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $12,129 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Acton-Boxborough spent $20,676 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $12,129 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$20,676$107.5 million5,197
FY2022$19,794$102.7 million5,186
FY2021$19,647$102.3 million5,207
FY2020$18,008$97.4 million5,411
FY2019$16,563$92.3 million5,571
FY2018$15,681$87.9 million5,605
FY2017$14,855$84.4 million5,679
FY2016$14,132$80.7 million5,713
FY2015$14,075$79.6 million5,658
FY2014$14,783$42.7 million2,890
FY2013$12,819$37.3 million2,911
FY2012$13,620$39.6 million2,910
FY2011$13,158$38.7 million2,943
FY2010$13,006$38.1 million2,930
FY2009$11,667$34.5 million2,958
FY2008$13,737$40.1 million2,922
FY2007$12,927$37.2 million2,876
FY2006$12,249$34.2 million2,794
FY2005$12,129$32.0 million2,635

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Acton-Boxborough by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$8.6 million6.2%
State$38.0 million27.5%
Local$91.3 million66.2%
Total$137.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Acton-Boxborough
SchoolStudents
Acton-Boxborough Regional High1,622
Blanchard Memorial School469
C.T. Douglas Elementary School408
Carol Huebner Early Childhood Program116
Luther Conant School410
McCarthy-Towne School431
Merriam School395
Paul P Gates Elementary School380
Raymond J Grey Junior High824

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2501710

Elsewhere

Sources

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