Wellfleet
A public school district in Orleans, Massachusetts, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 78
- Students enrolled
- 11.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 23
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $40,194
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 78 in 2024–25
- Ranks 16,815th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 389th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 5% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $40,194 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 98% 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
Wellfleet spent $40,194 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $17,681 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 | $40,194 | $3.9 million | 98 |
| FY2022 | $36,232 | $4.1 million | 112 |
| FY2021 | $37,223 | $3.8 million | 103 |
| FY2020 | $36,028 | $3.8 million | 106 |
| FY2019 | $35,200 | $3.7 million | 105 |
| FY2018 | $34,696 | $3.9 million | 112 |
| FY2017 | $34,460 | $3.9 million | 113 |
| FY2016 | $31,593 | $3.6 million | 113 |
| FY2015 | $29,466 | $3.5 million | 118 |
| FY2014 | $27,752 | $3.5 million | 125 |
| FY2013 | $22,164 | $3.1 million | 140 |
| FY2012 | $24,167 | $3.3 million | 138 |
| FY2011 | $21,496 | $3.0 million | 141 |
| FY2010 | $19,490 | $2.9 million | 147 |
| FY2009 | $21,305 | $2.8 million | 131 |
| FY2008 | $20,193 | $2.8 million | 140 |
| FY2007 | $20,664 | $2.7 million | 131 |
| FY2006 | $18,765 | $2.6 million | 136 |
| FY2005 | $17,681 | $2.5 million | 141 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $254.0 thousand | 25.5% |
| State | $718.0 thousand | 72.2% |
| Local | $23.0 thousand | 2.3% |
| Total | $995.0 thousand |
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 |
|---|---|
| Wellfleet Elementary | 78 |
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 5
- NCES district ID
- 2512300
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