At $26,798 per pupil, Shutesbury ranks #86 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
124
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$26,798
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shutesbury operates 1 public schools serving 124 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,798 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 38.6% local, 54.3% state, and 7.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 250:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.0% White, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Shutesbury Elementary, enrolling 125 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Shutesbury Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Shutesbury student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Shutesbury a distant remainder — means Shutesbury-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.
Shutesbury student-counselor ratio is 250:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Shutesbury is typically wider than the Shutesbury-aggregate figure suggests.
Shutesbury chronic absenteeism rate is 16.8% — 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 Shutesbury is typically wider than the Shutesbury-aggregate figure suggests.