Other / mixed grade configuration · Provincetown, MA

Provincetown Schools

Federal NCES profile for Provincetown Schools, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 50/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250984002694
0/100100/10050/100
👥 S:T ratio
72
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
85
📋 Attendance
14
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Provincetown Schools earns 50/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Massachusetts schools.

50
Resource Index · Higher
6.9:1
small classes for Massachusetts
152
students enrolled

Provincetown Schools has class sizes smaller than 97% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

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

-5 students YoY

Provincetown Schools held near 137 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-5 headcount).

Teacher FTE lost 22.4 → 18.9 across the same CCD years.

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

Steady CCD campus

-5 students YoY 250984002694 · Provincetown, MA Other · SMALL · TRAD

152 enr · 6.9:1 · RII 50

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Provincetown Schools held near 137 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-5 headcount). Teacher FTE lost 22.4 → 18.9 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Provincetown Schools compares

Provincetown Schools 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 6.9:1 ▼ 44% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 152 top 91% - -

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

6.9:1
Leaner classes than 97% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
152
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
6.9:1
students per teacher - 44% below state mean
Top 3% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
34.2%
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
$55,958
per pupil, district-wide - above 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
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 76 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.

Student demographics

White 53.6%
African American 24.5%
Hispanic or Latino 11.9%
Two or More 9.3%
Asian 0.7%

Largest group: White at 53.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 63.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 63.0, Provincetown Schools is more mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

District finance for Provincetown reports $55,958 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

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 Provincetown Schools

How many students attend Provincetown Schools?

Provincetown Schools has 152 students enrolled. It is a public school in Provincetown, MA. CCD year-over-year: 142 (2022-23) → 137 (2023-24), nearly flat (-5).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Provincetown Schools?

The student-teacher ratio at Provincetown Schools is 6.9:1, which is 44% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 56% 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 Provincetown Schools?

The largest demographic group at Provincetown Schools is White at 53.6% of enrollment, in Provincetown, MA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 63.0/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Provincetown Schools?

Provincetown Schools has a Resource Investment Index of 50/100 (higher 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 Provincetown?

None reported; Provincetown operates only Provincetown Schools 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.