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Tyngsborough, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical #9 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,614 per pupil, Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical ranks #83 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,302
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$25,614
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical operates 1 public schools serving 2,302 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 Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,614 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 29.4% local, 62.3% state, and 8.3% 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 61/100, ranked #9 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 121.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.4% White, 33.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical accounts for 100.0% of all Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical a distant remainder — means Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical-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.
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical student-counselor ratio is 122:1 — 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.
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical chronic absenteeism rate is 21.0% — 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 Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical is typically wider than the Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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