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Roxbury, Massachusetts - 1 schools
At $31,655 per pupil, City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) ranks #25 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
183
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$31,655
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) operates 1 public schools serving 183 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Suffolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $31,655 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.7% local, 6.2% state, and 15.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 19.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 71.8% African American, 26.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White across the district's schools.
City on a Hill Charter Public School accounts for 42.6% of all City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means City on a Hill Charter Public School (District)-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.
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) student-counselor ratio is 20:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to City on a Hill Charter Public School (District)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in City on a Hill Charter Public School (District)?
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) spend per student?
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) spends $31,655 per student.
What is the demographic composition of City on a Hill Charter Public School (District)?
City on a Hill Charter Public School (District) students are 71.8% African American, 26.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.