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Groton, Massachusetts - 5 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Groton-Dunstable #230 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,913 per pupil, Groton-Dunstable ranks #212 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,371
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$20,913
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Groton-Dunstable operates 5 public schools serving 2,371 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 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 Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,913 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 60.0% local, 34.5% state, and 5.5% 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 33/100, ranked #230 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 208.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 13.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.2% White, 8.6% Asian, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Groton Dunstable Regional Middle, with a diversity index of 35.8/100.
Its largest campus is Groton Dunstable Regional Middle, enrolling 739 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Boutwell School, at 77 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Groton Dunstable Regional Middle accounts for 31.2% of all Groton-Dunstable student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Groton-Dunstable-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Groton-Dunstable school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Groton-Dunstable school enrollment ranges from 77 students (lowest) to 739 students (highest), a spread of 662 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.
Groton-Dunstable student-counselor ratio is 209:1 — 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.
Groton-Dunstable chronic absenteeism rate is 13.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.