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Amherst School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Amherst School District runs 3 public schools with 1,038 students in grades PK to 6. Its ratio of 9.4 students per teacher is 2.6 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Amherst".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,038
- Teachers (FTE)
- 110
- Students per teacher
- 9.4
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 170 Chestnut Street, Amherst, MA 01002
- Phone
- (413)362-1810
- County
- Hampshire County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 6
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2501890
- State district ID
- MA-0008
- Total staff (FTE)
- 288
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 346 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.4
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,029), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $10.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $33.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $32,266
- Salaries
- $18.4 million55.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.9%
- State: 66.2%
- Local: 15.9%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$32,266
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Amherst School District
By level: 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Crocker Farm ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 353 | 9.8 |
| Fort River ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 371 | 9.3 |
| Wildwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 314 | 9.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hampshire County
- Northampton School District 2,496 students
- Belchertown School District 2,043 students
- South Hadley School District 1,620 students
- Easthampton School District 1,368 students
- Amherst-Pelham School District 1,182 students
- Ware School District 1,082 students
- Hampshire County Public Schools 718 students
- Gateway School District 707 students
- Granby School District 665 students
- Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural School District 587 students
- Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter 584 students
- Hadley School District 518 students
- Southampton School District 475 students
- Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public 397 students
- Hatfield School District 310 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.