Needham
A public school district in Needham, Massachusetts, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,493
- Students enrolled
- 454.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 926.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $23,890
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,493 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,741st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 34th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $23,890 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 84% 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
Needham spent $23,890 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $11,678 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $23,890 | $133.6 million | 5,594 |
| FY2022 | $23,810 | $131.3 million | 5,515 |
| FY2021 | $22,679 | $124.4 million | 5,483 |
| FY2020 | $20,416 | $116.5 million | 5,706 |
| FY2019 | $19,246 | $110.1 million | 5,721 |
| FY2018 | $18,593 | $105.3 million | 5,666 |
| FY2017 | $17,472 | $99.1 million | 5,671 |
| FY2016 | $16,516 | $93.4 million | 5,656 |
| FY2015 | $16,517 | $91.2 million | 5,519 |
| FY2014 | $15,362 | $84.8 million | 5,523 |
| FY2013 | $13,541 | $74.2 million | 5,476 |
| FY2012 | $14,080 | $76.2 million | 5,409 |
| FY2011 | $14,007 | $75.0 million | 5,358 |
| FY2010 | $13,701 | $72.8 million | 5,311 |
| FY2009 | $14,441 | $73.9 million | 5,115 |
| FY2008 | $14,109 | $70.7 million | 5,013 |
| FY2007 | $13,377 | $66.8 million | 4,995 |
| FY2006 | $12,464 | $61.2 million | 4,914 |
| FY2005 | $11,678 | $57.2 million | 4,901 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.8 million | 3.8% |
| State | $30.9 million | 20.4% |
| Local | $115.0 million | 75.8% |
| Total | $151.8 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 |
|---|---|
| Broadmeadow | 502 |
| High Rock School | 441 |
| John Eliot | 397 |
| Needham High | 1,633 |
| Newman Elementary | 696 |
| Pollard Middle | 867 |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary | 533 |
| William Mitchell | 424 |
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
- 2508370
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