Boston
A public school district in Roxbury, Massachusetts, with 108 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 46,094
- Students enrolled
- 4,365.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 8,999.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $36,906
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 46,094 in 2024–25
- Ranks 110th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $36,906 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 97% 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
Boston spent $36,906 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $17,253 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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $36,906 | $1.7 billion | 46,367 |
| FY2022 | $34,835 | $1.6 billion | 46,169 |
| FY2021 | $31,397 | $1.5 billion | 48,112 |
| FY2020 | $28,266 | $1.4 billion | 50,480 |
| FY2019 | $25,653 | $1.3 billion | 51,433 |
| FY2018 | $24,177 | $1.3 billion | 52,664 |
| FY2017 | $22,292 | $1.2 billion | 53,640 |
| FY2016 | $22,082 | $1.2 billion | 53,885 |
| FY2015 | $21,552 | $1.2 billion | 54,312 |
| FY2014 | $21,567 | $1.2 billion | 54,300 |
| FY2013 | $19,066 | $1.1 billion | 55,114 |
| FY2012 | $19,720 | $1.1 billion | 55,027 |
| FY2011 | $19,181 | $1.1 billion | 56,037 |
| FY2010 | $19,169 | $1.1 billion | 55,371 |
| FY2009 | $18,858 | $1.1 billion | 55,923 |
| FY2008 | $21,744 | $1.2 billion | 56,168 |
| FY2007 | $20,716 | $1.2 billion | 56,388 |
| FY2006 | $18,554 | $1.1 billion | 57,349 |
| FY2005 | $17,253 | $996.2 million | 57,742 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $109.3 million | 6.2% |
| State | $458.3 million | 26.2% |
| Local | $1.2 billion | 67.6% |
| Total | $1.7 billion |
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
108 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 2502790
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Massachusetts — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Massachusetts — A to Z, each with its page.
- Massachusetts on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved