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Turners Falls, Massachusetts - 5 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Gill-Montague #16 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,986 per pupil, Gill-Montague ranks #56 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
874
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$26,986
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gill-Montague operates 5 public schools serving 874 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,986 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 52.5% local, 38.4% state, and 9.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #16 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 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 119.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.7% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sheffield Elementary School, with a diversity index of 47.3/100.
Its largest campus is Great Falls Middle, enrolling 228 students (27% of the district's total enrollment).
Great Falls Middle accounts for 26.1% of all Gill-Montague student enrollment
That concentration means Gill-Montague-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.
Gill-Montague school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Gill-Montague school enrollment ranges from 110 students (lowest) to 228 students (highest), a spread of 118 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.
Gill-Montague student-counselor ratio is 119:1 — 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.
Gill-Montague chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — 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.