Other / mixed grade configuration · Whately, MA

Whately Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Whately Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 65/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 251287002126
0/100100/10065/100
👥 S:T ratio
62
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
73
📋 Attendance
96
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Whately Elementary earns 65/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 85% of Massachusetts schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Massachusetts schools.

65
Resource Index · Higher
9.5:1
small classes for Massachusetts
133
students enrolled

Whately Elementary has class sizes smaller than 85% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

NCES CCD universe card

School universe 251287002126 · Whately, MA Other · SMALL · TRAD

133 enr · 9.5:1 · RII 65

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Whately Elementary CCD stamps from the federal school universe. NCES Common Core of Data stamps for this campus. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Whately Elementary compares

Whately Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.5:1 ▼ 23% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 133 top 92% - -

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

9.5:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
133
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.5:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 15% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 85% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
1.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$23,813
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
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 133 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.8 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 1.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 94.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or More 1.5%
African American 0.8%

Largest group: White at 94.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 11.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 11.5, Whately Elementary is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Whately, which includes Whately Elementary.

$23,813
Per student
+0%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $23,695
+35%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 57.3%
State 30.3%
Federal 12.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

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 Whately Elementary

How many students attend Whately Elementary?

Whately Elementary has 133 students enrolled. It is a public school in Whately, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Whately Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Whately Elementary is 9.5:1, which is 23% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 39% 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 Whately Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Whately Elementary is White at 94.0% of enrollment, in Whately, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Whately Elementary?

Whately Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 65/100 (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 Whately?

None reported; Whately operates only Whately Elementary 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

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