Wellesley
A public school district in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,986
- Students enrolled
- 380.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 803
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $28,794
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,986 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,430th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 60th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 86% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $28,794 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
Wellesley spent $28,794 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $12,566 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 | $28,794 | $121.5 million | 4,219 |
| FY2022 | $27,059 | $116.1 million | 4,290 |
| FY2021 | $25,496 | $113.0 million | 4,432 |
| FY2020 | $22,647 | $110.1 million | 4,862 |
| FY2019 | $21,507 | $106.7 million | 4,963 |
| FY2018 | $20,849 | $104.4 million | 5,006 |
| FY2017 | $19,392 | $98.4 million | 5,075 |
| FY2016 | $18,126 | $93.1 million | 5,134 |
| FY2015 | $18,395 | $93.2 million | 5,067 |
| FY2014 | $17,272 | $86.9 million | 5,033 |
| FY2013 | $15,960 | $79.1 million | 4,954 |
| FY2012 | $15,023 | $74.9 million | 4,986 |
| FY2011 | $15,723 | $76.9 million | 4,892 |
| FY2010 | $15,260 | $74.3 million | 4,868 |
| FY2009 | $13,287 | $65.1 million | 4,896 |
| FY2008 | $15,806 | $75.3 million | 4,765 |
| FY2007 | $14,404 | $66.7 million | 4,631 |
| FY2006 | $12,920 | $58.9 million | 4,559 |
| FY2005 | $12,566 | $55.2 million | 4,396 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.5 million | 2.4% |
| State | $30.0 million | 20.4% |
| Local | $113.6 million | 77.2% |
| Total | $147.1 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
9 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Hunnewell | 294 |
| John D Hardy | 280 |
| Joseph E Fiske | 278 |
| Katharine Lee Bates | 286 |
| Preschool at Wellesley Schools | 87 |
| Schofield | 291 |
| Sprague Elementary School | 289 |
| Wellesley Middle | 919 |
| Wellesley Sr High | 1,262 |
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
- 2512270
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