NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Concord, MA

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5 public K-12 schools in Concord from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
3,105
Students
47.6/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Concord has more public-school enrollment than 30% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Concord Carlisle High enrolls 38.4% of Concord's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Concord's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 18-point gap between Concord Middle and Alcott shows the range hidden by Concord's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 70%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
80th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Concord Carlisle High accounts for 38.4% of all Concord public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Concord-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Concord school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Concord school enrollment ranges from 401 students (lowest) to 1,191 students (highest), a spread of 790 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Concord student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Concord Middle 57
2. Concord Carlisle High 54
3. Thoreau 46
4. Willard 42
5. Alcott 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Concord

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Alcott 51.8/100
  2. 2 Thoreau 49.7/100
  3. 3 Concord Carlisle High 45.3/100
  4. 4 Concord Middle 45.1/100
  5. 5 Willard 42.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Concord?

Which Concord school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Concord Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Concord schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Concord, MA? ▼

Concord has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,105 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.