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Bourne School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending

Bourne School District runs 4 public schools with 1,519 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Bourne".

At a glance

Schools
4
Students
1,519
Teachers (FTE)
147
Students per teacher
10.3
MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
Address
36 Sandwich Rd, Bourne, MA 02532
County
Barnstable County
Locale
Suburb: Large
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
2502820
State district ID
MA-0036
Total staff (FTE)
261
School counselors (FTE)
3.0About 506 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
13.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district10.3
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 (1,650), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$41.5 million
Federal revenue
$3.4 million
State revenue
$12.1 million
Local revenue
$26.0 million
Total spending
$43.5 million
Spending per pupil
$26,389
Salaries
$21.6 million49.6% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$20.8 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 8.2%
  • State: 29.2%
  • Local: 62.5%

Massachusetts overall

  • Federal: 5.8%
  • State: 39.5%
  • Local: 54.7%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$26,389
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826

Schools in Bourne School District

By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Bourne High SchoolCEP schoolHigh9 to 123419.7
Bourne Intermediate SchoolCEP schoolElementary3 to 535910.6
Bourne Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 83949.0
Bournedale Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 242512.9

Nearby and related

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.