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Chicopee, Massachusetts - 15 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Chicopee #93 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,359 per pupil, Chicopee ranks #234 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,735
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$20,359
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chicopee operates 15 public schools serving 6,735 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 4 combined, 2 high, 2 middle 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 Hampden County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,359 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 19.7% local, 59.9% state, and 20.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #93 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 15 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 165.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.3% Hispanic or Latino, 40.8% White, 6.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Litwin, with a diversity index of 64.5/100.
Its largest campus is Chicopee Comprehensive High School, enrolling 1,192 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Chicopee Academy, at 92 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chicopee Comprehensive High School accounts for 17.6% of all Chicopee student enrollment
That concentration means Chicopee-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.
Chicopee school enrollment varies 13× across entities
Chicopee school enrollment ranges from 92 students (lowest) to 1,192 students (highest), a spread of 1,100 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.
Chicopee student-counselor ratio is 166:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Chicopee chronic absenteeism rate is 41.8% — 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.