High school (grades 9-12) · Bolton, MA

Nashoba Regional

Federal NCES profile for Nashoba Regional, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 250831001289
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
52
📚 AP courses
85
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
84
📋 Attendance
23
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Nashoba Regional earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median.

55
Resource Index · Higher
12:1
students per teacher
806
students enrolled

Nashoba Regional has class sizes near the Massachusetts median. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

806

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

67.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

12:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

-2% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

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

At or below state median

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

What stands out at Nashoba Regional

Nashoba Regional is a large high school in Bolton, Massachusetts, enrolling 806 students.

At 12:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Massachusetts median, within a few percentage points of the 12.3:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Enrollment of 806 puts it in the larger third of Massachusetts schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (81% of enrollment) (diversity index 33/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 17 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 81 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 30.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Nashoba also operates Florence Sawyer School (734 students) and Center School (485 students) alongside Nashoba Regional.

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 Nashoba Regional compares

Nashoba 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 12:1 ▼ 2% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 806 top 13% - -

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

12:1
Leaner classes than 75% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
806
Bigger than 86% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
12:1
students per teacher - 2% below state mean
Top 52% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 48% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
30.6%
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
$19,458
per pupil, district-wide - below Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors10.0 FTE
Per 81 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
11
in-school suspensions + 21 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.0 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 81.1%
Hispanic or Latino 8.6%
Asian 4.4%
Two or More 3.7%
African American 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.1%

Largest group: White at 81.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 33.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 33.1, Nashoba Regional is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 17

Funding & spending

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

$19,458
Per student
-13%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+17%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 70.2%
State 23.3%
Federal 6.5%

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.

How Nashoba Regional Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Florence Sawyer School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Center School Smaller No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Mary Rowlandson Elementary Smaller No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Hale Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Luther Burbank Middle School Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Nashoba Regional's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Nashoba · 5 sibling schools

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Similar high 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 Nashoba 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 Nashoba Regional

How many students attend Nashoba Regional?

Nashoba Regional has 806 students enrolled. It is a high school in Bolton, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Nashoba Regional?

The student-teacher ratio at Nashoba Regional is 12:1, which is 2% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 24% 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 Nashoba Regional?

The largest demographic group at Nashoba Regional is White at 81.1% of enrollment, in Bolton, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Nashoba Regional?

Nashoba Regional has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Nashoba Regional a good school?

Nashoba Regional earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median. 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 Nashoba?

Besides Nashoba Regional, Nashoba also operates Florence Sawyer School (734 students), Center School (485 students), and Mary Rowlandson Elementary (473 students). See the Nashoba district page for the complete list.

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.

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