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Lawrence, Massachusetts - 1 schools
At $19,746 per pupil, Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric ranks #263 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
125
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$19,746
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric operates 1 public schools serving 125 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 Essex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,746 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 74.1% local, 4.7% state, and 21.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 140:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.0% White, 4.3% African American across the district's schools.
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence accounts for 100.0% of all Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric a distant remainder — means Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric-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.
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric student-counselor ratio is 140:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric'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 Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric?
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 125 students.
How much does Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric spend per student?
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric spends $19,746 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric?
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence (Distric students are 80.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.0% White, 4.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.