Other / mixed grade configuration · Charlemont, MA

Hawlemont Regional

Federal NCES profile for Hawlemont Regional, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250600000869
0/100100/10051/100
👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
86
📋 Attendance
19
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Hawlemont Regional earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Massachusetts schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts.

51
Resource Index · Higher
7.9:1
small classes for Massachusetts
71
students enrolled

Hawlemont Regional has class sizes smaller than 95% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

71

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

9.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

7.9:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

-36% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Hawlemont Regional compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:17.9:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Hawlemont Regional

Hawlemont Regional is a small combined-grade school in Charlemont, Massachusetts, enrolling 71 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 7.9:1, Hawlemont Regional is leaner than roughly 95% of Massachusetts schools and 36% under the state's 12.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of Massachusetts schools, with 71 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 8/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 71 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 32.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Hawlemont operates only this one school, so Hawlemont Regional has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 71 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Massachusetts's single-school districts.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Hawlemont Regional compares

Hawlemont Regional on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 7.9:1 ▼ 36% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 71 top 97% - -

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

7.9:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
71
Bigger than 7% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
7.9:1
students per teacher - 36% below state mean
Top 5% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 95% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
32.4%
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
$24,504
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 71 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 95.8%
Hispanic or Latino 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.4%
Two or More 1.4%

Largest group: White at 95.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 8.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 8.2, Hawlemont Regional is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Hawlemont, which includes Hawlemont Regional.

$24,504
Per student
+9%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+48%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 55.3%
State 30.7%
Federal 14.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Hawlemont Regional's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Hawlemont Regional

How many students attend Hawlemont Regional?

Hawlemont Regional has 71 students enrolled. It is a public school in Charlemont, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawlemont Regional?

The student-teacher ratio at Hawlemont Regional is 7.9:1, which is 36% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 50% 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 Hawlemont Regional?

The largest demographic group at Hawlemont Regional is White at 95.8% of enrollment, in Charlemont, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Hawlemont Regional?

Hawlemont Regional has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Hawlemont Regional a good school?

Hawlemont Regional earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Massachusetts schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Hawlemont?

None reported; Hawlemont operates only Hawlemont 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 2021-22) · 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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