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Andover, Massachusetts - 10 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Andover #147 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,300 per pupil, Andover ranks #106 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,590
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$24,300
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Andover operates 10 public schools serving 5,590 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,300 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.7% local, 22.8% state, and 4.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 41/100, ranked #147 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 329.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.8% White, 19.0% Asian, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is High Plain Elementary, with a diversity index of 68.6/100.
Its largest campus is Andover High, enrolling 1,609 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Shawsheen School, at 85 students, a 19x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Andover High accounts for 28.8% of all Andover student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Andover-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Andover school enrollment varies 19× across entities
Andover school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 1,609 students (highest), a spread of 1,524 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Andover student-counselor ratio is 330:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Andover is typically wider than the Andover-aggregate figure suggests.
Andover chronic absenteeism rate is 11.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.