An equity score of 5/100 ranks Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) #359 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,095 per pupil, Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) ranks #353 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) operates 1 public schools serving 854 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,095 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 82.3% local, 6.9% state, and 10.8% 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 5/100, ranked #359 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 449.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Lawrence Family Development Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) a distant remainder — means Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) student-counselor ratio is 450:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) chronic absenteeism rate is 3.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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 Lawrence Family Development Charter (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 Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)?
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 854 students.
How much does Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) spend per student?
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) spends $18,095 per student. The district has an equity score of 5/100, ranking #359 in Massachusetts.
What is the demographic composition of Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)?
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) students are 99.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)?
Lawrence Family Development Charter (District) has an equity score of 5/100, ranking #359 out of 362 districts in Massachusetts.