Nantucket
A public school district in Nantucket, Massachusetts, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,719
- Students enrolled
- 171.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 312.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $28,207
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,719 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,107th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 160th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 71% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $28,207 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 92% 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
Nantucket spent $28,207 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $20,107 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 | $28,207 | $48.7 million | 1,725 |
| FY2022 | $28,989 | $48.5 million | 1,672 |
| FY2021 | $26,382 | $44.0 million | 1,666 |
| FY2020 | $25,572 | $42.9 million | 1,678 |
| FY2019 | $23,672 | $39.5 million | 1,670 |
| FY2018 | $23,043 | $37.3 million | 1,619 |
| FY2017 | $22,074 | $35.1 million | 1,591 |
| FY2016 | $21,170 | $33.3 million | 1,574 |
| FY2015 | $21,234 | $32.8 million | 1,547 |
| FY2014 | $20,743 | $30.7 million | 1,481 |
| FY2013 | $19,093 | $26.4 million | 1,381 |
| FY2012 | $20,889 | $27.8 million | 1,330 |
| FY2011 | $21,625 | $27.9 million | 1,289 |
| FY2010 | $24,111 | $29.8 million | 1,234 |
| FY2009 | $22,203 | $28.4 million | 1,279 |
| FY2008 | $22,208 | $28.8 million | 1,295 |
| FY2007 | $20,603 | $26.9 million | 1,308 |
| FY2006 | $16,967 | $21.1 million | 1,243 |
| FY2005 | $20,107 | $24.6 million | 1,223 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.2 million | 3.9% |
| State | $9.0 million | 16.2% |
| Local | $44.7 million | 79.9% |
| Total | $56.0 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
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cyrus Peirce | 358 |
| Nantucket Elementary | 399 |
| Nantucket High | 596 |
| Nantucket Intermediate School | 366 |
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
- 2508250
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