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Northampton, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural #154 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,700 per pupil, Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural ranks #122 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
566
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$23,700
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural operates 1 public schools serving 566 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 Hampshire County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,700 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 84.2% local, 11.0% state, and 4.8% 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 41/100, ranked #154 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 117.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.4% White, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools.
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High accounts for 100.0% of all Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural a distant remainder — means Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural-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.
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural student-counselor ratio is 117:1 — 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.
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural chronic absenteeism rate is 23.2% — 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 Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural is typically wider than the Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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