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Belmont, Massachusetts - 6 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Belmont #247 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,436 per pupil, Belmont ranks #321 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,507
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,436
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belmont operates 6 public schools serving 4,507 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,436 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 62.0% local, 33.1% state, and 4.9% 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 31/100, ranked #247 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 261.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.9% White, 26.6% Asian, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Daniel Butler, with a diversity index of 69.3/100.
Its largest campus is Belmont High, enrolling 1,454 students (39% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mary Lee Burbank, at 238 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Belmont High accounts for 32.3% of all Belmont student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Belmont-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.
Belmont school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities
Belmont school enrollment ranges from 238 students (lowest) to 1,454 students (highest), a spread of 1,216 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Belmont student-counselor ratio is 262:1 — 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 Belmont is typically wider than the Belmont-aggregate figure suggests.
Belmont chronic absenteeism rate is 13.5% — 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.