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Westfield, Massachusetts - 12 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Westfield #187 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,674 per pupil, Westfield ranks #310 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,894
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$18,674
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Westfield operates 12 public schools serving 4,894 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 3 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Hampden County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,674 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 37.8% local, 49.4% state, and 12.8% 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 37/100, ranked #187 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 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 160.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.7% White, 20.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Franklin Ave, with a diversity index of 62.3/100.
Its largest campus is Westfield High, enrolling 1,034 students (21% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Westfield Virtual School, at 79 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Westfield High accounts for 21.1% of all Westfield student enrollment
That concentration means Westfield-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.
Westfield school enrollment varies 13× across entities
Westfield school enrollment ranges from 79 students (lowest) to 1,034 students (highest), a spread of 955 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.
Westfield student-counselor ratio is 160:1 — 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.
Westfield chronic absenteeism rate is 33.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.