Waltham
A public school district in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,777
- Students enrolled
- 566.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 999.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $26,980
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,777 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,646th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 30th 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: $26,980 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 90% 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
Waltham spent $26,980 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $17,446 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 | $26,980 | $153.9 million | 5,703 |
| FY2022 | $26,713 | $146.8 million | 5,496 |
| FY2021 | $24,976 | $137.5 million | 5,507 |
| FY2020 | $23,360 | $134.0 million | 5,738 |
| FY2019 | $22,776 | $128.3 million | 5,633 |
| FY2018 | $22,229 | $124.5 million | 5,600 |
| FY2017 | $20,905 | $115.7 million | 5,533 |
| FY2016 | $20,151 | $109.9 million | 5,455 |
| FY2015 | $20,807 | $109.3 million | 5,254 |
| FY2014 | $19,982 | $103.0 million | 5,155 |
| FY2013 | $17,871 | $91.1 million | 5,098 |
| FY2012 | $19,150 | $95.6 million | 4,994 |
| FY2011 | $19,729 | $94.6 million | 4,796 |
| FY2010 | $19,221 | $91.5 million | 4,763 |
| FY2009 | $20,702 | $98.4 million | 4,751 |
| FY2008 | $19,812 | $93.6 million | 4,725 |
| FY2007 | $18,195 | $88.0 million | 4,836 |
| FY2006 | $17,914 | $84.8 million | 4,731 |
| FY2005 | $17,446 | $81.4 million | 4,666 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.2 million | 5.5% |
| State | $74.5 million | 37.1% |
| Local | $115.3 million | 57.4% |
| Total | $201.0 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
11 operational schools, A to Z.
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
- 2512000
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