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Amherst

A public school district in Amherst, Massachusetts, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

1,038
Students enrolled
110.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
289
All staff, full-time equivalent
$30,818
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 1,038 in 2024–25
Ranks 7,278th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 241st of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 59% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $30,818 in fiscal year 2023
More than 94% 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

Amherst spent $30,818 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $14,348 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
Amherst spent $30,818 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $14,348 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$30,818$32.5 million1,054
FY2022$30,337$31.9 million1,053
FY2021$29,468$30.3 million1,029
FY2020$26,860$29.4 million1,093
FY2019$25,380$28.7 million1,131
FY2018$24,128$27.7 million1,146
FY2017$22,863$26.3 million1,149
FY2016$21,850$25.8 million1,183
FY2015$21,897$26.3 million1,200
FY2014$20,892$25.3 million1,210
FY2013$19,029$22.9 million1,206
FY2012$20,072$24.4 million1,214
FY2011$19,315$24.0 million1,242
FY2010$17,995$23.8 million1,321
FY2009$17,934$24.8 million1,382
FY2008$17,723$24.8 million1,399
FY2007$16,488$23.9 million1,448
FY2006$15,750$23.2 million1,470
FY2005$14,348$21.3 million1,483

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Amherst by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$2.0 million12.6%
State$11.0 million69.9%
Local$2.8 million17.5%
Total$15.7 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

3 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Amherst
SchoolStudents
Crocker Farm Elementary353
Fort River Elementary371
Wildwood Elementary314

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 6
NCES district ID
2501890

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved