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Attleboro, Massachusetts - 12 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Attleboro #332 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,704 per pupil, Attleboro ranks #375 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,963
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$16,704
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Attleboro operates 12 public schools serving 5,963 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 3 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 Bristol County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,704 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.1% local, 46.4% state, and 5.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #332 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 399.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.7% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Learning Center, with a diversity index of 66.0/100.
Its largest campus is Attleboro High, enrolling 2,030 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Attleboro Virtual Academy, at 39 students, a 52x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Attleboro High accounts for 32.5% of all Attleboro student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Attleboro-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.
Attleboro school enrollment varies 52× across entities
Attleboro school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 2,030 students (highest), a spread of 1,991 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Attleboro student-counselor ratio is 399:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Attleboro chronic absenteeism rate is 31.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.