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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
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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$26,980$153.9 million5,703
FY2022$26,713$146.8 million5,496
FY2021$24,976$137.5 million5,507
FY2020$23,360$134.0 million5,738
FY2019$22,776$128.3 million5,633
FY2018$22,229$124.5 million5,600
FY2017$20,905$115.7 million5,533
FY2016$20,151$109.9 million5,455
FY2015$20,807$109.3 million5,254
FY2014$19,982$103.0 million5,155
FY2013$17,871$91.1 million5,098
FY2012$19,150$95.6 million4,994
FY2011$19,729$94.6 million4,796
FY2010$19,221$91.5 million4,763
FY2009$20,702$98.4 million4,751
FY2008$19,812$93.6 million4,725
FY2007$18,195$88.0 million4,836
FY2006$17,914$84.8 million4,731
FY2005$17,446$81.4 million4,666

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Waltham by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$11.2 million5.5%
State$74.5 million37.1%
Local$115.3 million57.4%
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

Schools in Waltham
SchoolStudents
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School475
Dual Language School222
Henry Whittemore Elementary School372
James Fitzgerald Elementary School350
John F Kennedy Middle635
John W. McDevitt Middle School618
Northeast Elementary School527
Thomas R Plympton Elementary School357
Waltham Sr High1,791
Waltham Valor High School49
William F. Stanley Elementary School381

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

Sources

Data retrieved