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Haverhill, Massachusetts - 17 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Haverhill #185 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,103 per pupil, Haverhill ranks #293 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,865
Total Enrollment
17
Schools
$19,103
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Haverhill operates 17 public schools serving 7,865 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 elementary, 5 combined, 1 high 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 Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,103 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 24.7% local, 58.1% state, and 17.2% 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 37/100, ranked #185 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 17 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 160.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 39.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.2% Hispanic or Latino, 40.6% White, 7.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bartlett School and Assessment Center, with a diversity index of 61.6/100.
Its largest campus is Haverhill High, enrolling 1,922 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Greenleaf Academy, at 34 students, a 57x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Haverhill High accounts for 23.7% of all Haverhill student enrollment
That concentration means Haverhill-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.
Haverhill school enrollment varies 57× across entities
Haverhill school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 1,922 students (highest), a spread of 1,888 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Haverhill student-counselor ratio is 161:1 — 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.
Haverhill chronic absenteeism rate is 39.3% — 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.