NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Fitchburg, MA

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

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10
Schools
6,933
Students
37.7/100
Avg Resource Index
12.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fitchburg has more public-school enrollment than 69% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fitchburg sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Fitchburg's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Fitchburg's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 36th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 85th percentile. The 49-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 31%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
36th percentile
Teacher staffing
85th percentile

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical accounts for 20.4% of all Fitchburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Fitchburg-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

Fitchburg school enrollment varies 7.6× across entities

Fitchburg school enrollment ranges from 186 students (lowest) to 1,417 students (highest), a spread of 1,231 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

Fitchburg student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1 — 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

1 of Fitchburg's 10 listed schools are charters

10% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical 47
2. Sizer School: a North Central Charter Essential School 47
3. Arthur M Longsjo Middle School 41
4. Fitchburg High 38
5. Memorial Middle School 37
6. South Street Early Learning Center 36
7. Reingold Elementary 35
8. Crocker Elementary 35
9. Goodrich Academy 34
10. Mckay Elementary School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fitchburg

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 Reingold Elementary 61.7/100
  2. 2 Crocker Elementary 61.4/100
  3. 3 Fitchburg High 61.0/100
  4. 4 Memorial Middle School 60.7/100
  5. 5 Sizer School: a North Central Charter Essential School 59.3/100

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Which Fitchburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fitchburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fitchburg, MA? ▼

Fitchburg has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,933 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.4:1.

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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.