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Palmer, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical #6 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,529 per pupil, Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical ranks #64 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
640
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$26,529
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical operates 1 public schools serving 640 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 Hampden County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,529 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 44.8% local, 46.9% state, and 8.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 63/100, ranked #6 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 (12 AP courses district-wide), a 132:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.3% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Pathfinder Vocational Technical accounts for 100.0% of all Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical a distant remainder — means Pathfinder 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.
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical student-counselor ratio is 132:1 — 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.
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical chronic absenteeism rate is 26.2% — 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 Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical is typically wider than the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Pathfinder 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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