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Chelsea School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Chelsea School District runs 11 public schools with 6,094 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Chelsea".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,094
- Teachers (FTE)
- 512
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 500 Broadway Room 216, Chelsea, MA 02150
- Phone
- (617)466-4477
- County
- Suffolk County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2503540
- State district ID
- MA-0057
- Total staff (FTE)
- 982
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 321 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 42.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
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 (5,936), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $137.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.5 million
- State revenue
- $101.9 million
- Local revenue
- $21.6 million
- Total spending
- $150.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,401
- Salaries
- $61.8 million41.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 74.4%
- Local: 15.8%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,401
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Chelsea School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chelsea HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,649 | 13.2 |
| Chelsea Opportunity Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 132 | 18.9 |
| Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy | High | 8 to 12 | 54 | 9.0 |
| Clark Avenue SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 673 | 12.9 |
| Edgar F. Hooks Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 430 | 10.8 |
| Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy | Middle | 5 to 8 | 436 | 9.9 |
| Frank M Sokolowski Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 472 | 11.2 |
| George F. Kelly Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 527 | 12.0 |
| Joseph A. Browne School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 487 | 9.0 |
| Shurtleff Early ChildhoodCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 779 | 13.4 |
| William A Berkowitz Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 455 | 12.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Suffolk County
- Boston School District 46,094 students
- Revere School District 7,261 students
- Brooke Charter School 2,216 students
- Winthrop School District 1,961 students
- Excel Academy Charter 1,379 students
- Match Charter Public School 1,189 students
- Roxbury Preparatory Charter 1,126 students
- Boston Renaissance Charter Public 938 students
- Neighborhood House Charter 786 students
- Boston Collegiate Charter 708 students
- Boston Preparatory Charter Public 700 students
- KIPP Academy Boston Charter School 646 students
- UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester 640 students
- Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public 509 students
- Conservatory Lab Charter 454 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.