Melrose
A public school district in Melrose, Massachusetts, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,815
- Students enrolled
- 278.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 493.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,829
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,815 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,569th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 65th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 85% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,829 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 58% 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
Melrose spent $16,829 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,235 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 | $16,829 | $65.5 million | 3,895 |
| FY2022 | $16,762 | $62.8 million | 3,748 |
| FY2021 | $15,028 | $55.6 million | 3,701 |
| FY2020 | $13,265 | $52.8 million | 3,977 |
| FY2019 | $12,825 | $50.6 million | 3,945 |
| FY2018 | $12,757 | $49.9 million | 3,909 |
| FY2017 | $12,441 | $47.7 million | 3,835 |
| FY2016 | $12,189 | $45.9 million | 3,765 |
| FY2015 | $12,666 | $47.0 million | 3,711 |
| FY2014 | $12,319 | $45.4 million | 3,685 |
| FY2013 | $11,042 | $40.6 million | 3,679 |
| FY2012 | $11,299 | $42.7 million | 3,780 |
| FY2011 | $10,694 | $40.4 million | 3,775 |
| FY2010 | $10,625 | $40.0 million | 3,767 |
| FY2009 | $11,748 | $43.0 million | 3,659 |
| FY2008 | $11,984 | $42.9 million | 3,579 |
| FY2007 | $11,393 | $40.2 million | 3,527 |
| FY2006 | $11,026 | $39.0 million | 3,537 |
| FY2005 | $10,235 | $36.7 million | 3,586 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.1 million | 5.5% |
| State | $20.1 million | 26.8% |
| Local | $50.6 million | 67.7% |
| Total | $74.8 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Early Childhood Center | 246 |
| Herbert Clark Hoover | 260 |
| Horace Mann | 254 |
| Lincoln | 404 |
| Melrose High | 967 |
| Melrose Middle | 886 |
| Roosevelt | 406 |
| Winthrop | 392 |
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
- 2507620
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