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Bellingham

A public school district in Bellingham, Massachusetts, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

2,020
Students enrolled
153.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
325.6
All staff, full-time equivalent
$23,186
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 2,020 in 2024–25
Ranks 4,525th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 144th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 74% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $23,186 in fiscal year 2023
More than 83% 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

Bellingham spent $23,186 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,212 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
Bellingham spent $23,186 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,212 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$23,186$47.0 million2,027
FY2022$23,244$46.0 million1,980
FY2021$21,070$41.8 million1,984
FY2020$18,872$40.3 million2,138
FY2019$17,922$39.8 million2,223
FY2018$16,277$37.2 million2,283
FY2017$15,300$34.9 million2,284
FY2016$14,669$33.6 million2,294
FY2015$13,941$33.2 million2,381
FY2014$13,546$32.6 million2,404
FY2013$11,953$29.4 million2,457
FY2012$12,406$30.6 million2,470
FY2011$11,926$30.6 million2,567
FY2010$11,077$29.2 million2,635
FY2009$12,068$32.2 million2,671
FY2008$11,616$31.0 million2,668
FY2007$11,444$29.8 million2,606
FY2006$11,167$29.0 million2,599
FY2005$10,212$27.5 million2,693

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Bellingham by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$3.1 million6.5%
State$15.7 million32.7%
Local$29.1 million60.8%
Total$47.9 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

5 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Bellingham
SchoolStudents
Bellingham High School740
Bellingham Memorial School586
Joseph F DiPietro Elementary School385
Keough Memorial Academy29
Stall Brook280

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
2502460

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved