Other / mixed grade configuration · South Deerfield, MA

Frontier Regional

Federal NCES profile for Frontier Regional, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250510000749
0/100100/10047/100
👥 S:T ratio
57
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
71
📋 Attendance
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Frontier Regional earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 70% of Massachusetts schools.

47
Resource Index · Typical
10.7:1
small classes for Massachusetts
588
students enrolled

Frontier Regional has class sizes smaller than 70% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-1 students YoY

Frontier Regional held near 605 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-1 headcount).

Teacher FTE lost 55.3 → 51.6 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-1 students YoY 250510000749 · South Deerfield, MA Other · MID · TRAD

588 enr · 10.7:1 · RII 47

Nearest enrollment peer: Belgreen High School (588 students)

Frontier Regional held near 605 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-1 headcount). Teacher FTE lost 55.3 → 51.6 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Frontier Regional compares

Frontier Regional held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.7:1 ▼ 13% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 588 top 27% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

10.7:1
Leaner classes than 85% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
588
Bigger than 72% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
10.7:1
students per teacher - 13% below state mean
Top 30% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 70% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
28.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$22,050
per pupil, district-wide - below Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors4.0 FTE
Per 147 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 3 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 1 expulsion.

Student demographics

White 83.5%
Hispanic or Latino 7.0%
Two or More 6.0%
Asian 1.7%
African American 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.2%

Largest group: White at 83.5% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 29.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 29.4, Frontier Regional is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 14

District finance for Frontier reports $22,050 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Similar other schools in South Deerfield

1 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Frontier Regional

How many students attend Frontier Regional?

Frontier Regional has 588 students enrolled. It is a public school in South Deerfield, MA. CCD year-over-year: 606 (2022-23) → 605 (2023-24), nearly flat (-1).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Frontier Regional?

The student-teacher ratio at Frontier Regional is 10.7:1, which is 13% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 32% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Frontier Regional?

The largest demographic group at Frontier Regional is White at 83.5% of enrollment, in South Deerfield, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Frontier Regional?

Frontier Regional has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Frontier?

None reported; Frontier operates only Frontier Regional as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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