NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Whitman, MA

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5 public K-12 schools in Whitman 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
2,521
Students
35.6/100
Avg Resource Index
18.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Whitman has more public-school enrollment than 21% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Whitman Hanson Regional enrolls 39.4% of Whitman'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Whitman's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 43-point gap between Whitman Middle and The Pre-School Academy at Whitman Hanson shows the range hidden by Whitman'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 79%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
22nd percentile

Whitman Hanson Regional accounts for 39.4% of all Whitman public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Whitman-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

Whitman school enrollment varies 8.7× across entities

Whitman school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 993 students (highest), a spread of 879 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

Whitman operates one school district — a single-district system

Whitman's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Whitman student-teacher ratio is 18.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Whitman Middle 58
2. Whitman Hanson Regional 42
3. Louise a Conley 32
4. John H Duval 31
5. The Pre-School Academy at Whitman Hanson 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Whitman

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 John H Duval 52.2/100
  2. 2 Louise a Conley 45.4/100
  3. 3 Whitman Middle 41.4/100
  4. 4 The Pre-School Academy at Whitman Hanson 37.4/100
  5. 5 Whitman Hanson Regional 37.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Whitman?

Which Whitman school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Whitman Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Whitman schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Whitman, MA? ▼

Whitman has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,521 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.6:1.

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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.