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Wilmington, Massachusetts - 7 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Wilmington #86 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,684 per pupil, Wilmington ranks #123 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,840
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$23,684
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilmington operates 7 public schools serving 2,840 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 middle, 1 high 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 $23,684 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 64.1% local, 29.7% state, and 6.2% 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 48/100, ranked #86 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 297.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 13.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.6% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 7.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woburn Street, with a diversity index of 39.8/100.
Its largest campus is Wilmington Middle School, enrolling 782 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Boutwell, at 128 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wilmington Middle School accounts for 27.5% of all Wilmington student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wilmington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Wilmington school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities
Wilmington school enrollment ranges from 128 students (lowest) to 782 students (highest), a spread of 654 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.
Wilmington student-counselor ratio is 298:1 — 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 Wilmington is typically wider than the Wilmington-aggregate figure suggests.
Wilmington chronic absenteeism rate is 13.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.