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Tewksbury, Massachusetts - 7 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Tewksbury #139 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,290 per pupil, Tewksbury ranks #197 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,278
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$21,290
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tewksbury operates 7 public schools serving 3,278 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,290 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 55.2% local, 38.5% state, and 6.3% 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 42/100, ranked #139 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 239.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.6% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is L F Dewing, with a diversity index of 54.1/100.
Its largest campus is Tewksbury Memorial High, enrolling 696 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Louise Davy Trahan, at 216 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tewksbury Memorial High accounts for 21.2% of all Tewksbury student enrollment
That concentration means Tewksbury-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.
Tewksbury school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Tewksbury school enrollment ranges from 216 students (lowest) to 696 students (highest), a spread of 480 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tewksbury student-counselor ratio is 240:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Tewksbury chronic absenteeism rate is 19.0% — 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 Tewksbury is typically wider than the Tewksbury-aggregate figure suggests.