Regular local school district · Middlesex County
Ayer Shirley School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ayer Shirley School District runs 4 public schools with 1,723 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,723
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 115 Washington Street, Ayer, MA 01432
- Phone
- (978)772-8600
- County
- Middlesex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2500542
- State district ID
- MA-0616
- Total staff (FTE)
- 271
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 862 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.0
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 (1,603), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $38.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $12.8 million
- Local revenue
- $23.4 million
- Total spending
- $36.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,041
- Salaries
- $17.9 million48.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $14.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 60.3%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,041
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Ayer Shirley School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ayer Shirley Regional High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 417 | 11.6 |
| Ayer Shirley Regional Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 410 | 12.4 |
| Lura A. White Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 357 | 11.5 |
| Page Hilltop Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 539 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Middlesex County
- Lowell School District 14,457 students
- Newton School District 11,632 students
- Framingham School District 9,124 students
- Everett School District 7,307 students
- Cambridge School District 7,027 students
- Lexington School District 6,748 students
- Malden School District 6,354 students
- Arlington School District 6,113 students
- Waltham School District 5,777 students
- Natick School District 5,297 students
- Chelmsford School District 5,068 students
- Acton-Boxborough School District 5,055 students
- Billerica School District 4,972 students
- Somerville School District 4,952 students
- Marlborough School District 4,728 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.