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Westwood, Massachusetts - 8 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Westwood #210 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,589 per pupil, Westwood ranks #98 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,914
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$24,589
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Westwood operates 8 public schools serving 2,914 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 combined, 1 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 Norfolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,589 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 74.1% local, 23.7% state, and 2.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #210 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 258.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 9.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.0% White, 15.6% Asian, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Westwood Integrated Preschool, with a diversity index of 55.0/100.
Its largest campus is Westwood High, enrolling 837 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Westwood Integrated Preschool, at 44 students, a 19x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Westwood High accounts for 28.7% of all Westwood student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Westwood-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.
Westwood school enrollment varies 19× across entities
Westwood school enrollment ranges from 44 students (lowest) to 837 students (highest), a spread of 793 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Westwood student-counselor ratio is 259:1 — 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 Westwood is typically wider than the Westwood-aggregate figure suggests.
Westwood chronic absenteeism rate is 9.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.