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East Harwich, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) #275 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,800 per pupil, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) ranks #181 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
250
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$21,800
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) operates 1 public schools serving 250 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 Barnstable County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,800 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 80.6% local, 11.4% state, and 8.0% 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 28/100, ranked #275 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.
and 23.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.4% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) a distant remainder — means Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) chronic absenteeism rate is 23.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) is typically wider than the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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