Petersham
A public school district in Petersham, Massachusetts, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 142
- Students enrolled
- 12.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 25.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,142
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 142 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,812th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 371st of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 11% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,142 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 65% 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
Petersham spent $18,142 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,730 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 | $18,142 | $2.3 million | 127 |
| FY2022 | $20,814 | $2.4 million | 113 |
| FY2021 | $19,000 | $2.3 million | 123 |
| FY2020 | $16,076 | $2.1 million | 131 |
| FY2019 | $18,400 | $2.1 million | 115 |
| FY2018 | $16,698 | $1.9 million | 116 |
| FY2017 | $15,400 | $1.9 million | 125 |
| FY2016 | $15,108 | $1.8 million | 120 |
| FY2015 | $17,690 | $2.0 million | 113 |
| FY2014 | $17,351 | $1.9 million | 111 |
| FY2013 | $14,966 | $1.8 million | 117 |
| FY2012 | $14,948 | $1.7 million | 115 |
| FY2011 | $14,903 | $1.7 million | 113 |
| FY2010 | $14,439 | $1.5 million | 107 |
| FY2009 | $16,580 | $1.7 million | 100 |
| FY2008 | $12,242 | $1.5 million | 120 |
| FY2007 | $11,816 | $1.5 million | 125 |
| FY2006 | $10,295 | $1.3 million | 129 |
| FY2005 | $9,730 | $1.2 million | 122 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $191.0 thousand | 9.9% |
| State | $750.0 thousand | 38.8% |
| Local | $993.0 thousand | 51.3% |
| Total | $1.9 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Petersham Center | 142 |
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
- Kindergarten to Grade 6
- NCES district ID
- 2509540
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