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Jefferson, Massachusetts - 13 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Wachusett #322 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,517 per pupil, Wachusett ranks #356 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,836
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$17,517
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wachusett operates 13 public schools serving 6,836 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Worcester County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,517 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 56.4% local, 37.2% state, and 6.4% 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 21/100, ranked #322 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 635.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.4% White, 9.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 45.2/100.
Its largest campus is Wachusett Regional High, enrolling 1,779 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood Center, at 127 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wachusett Regional High accounts for 26.0% of all Wachusett student enrollment
That concentration means Wachusett-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.
Wachusett school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Wachusett school enrollment ranges from 127 students (lowest) to 1,779 students (highest), a spread of 1,652 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wachusett student-counselor ratio is 636:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Wachusett chronic absenteeism rate is 18.0% — 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 Wachusett is typically wider than the Wachusett-aggregate figure suggests.