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Methuen School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Methuen School District runs 6 public schools with 6,464 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 0.7 higher than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Methuen".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 6,464
- Teachers (FTE)
- 509
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 9 Branch Street, Methuen, MA 01844
- Phone
- (978)722-6001
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2507740
- State district ID
- MA-0181
- Total staff (FTE)
- 852
- School counselors (FTE)
- 48.0About 135 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
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 (6,450), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $124.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.7 million
- State revenue
- $65.6 million
- Local revenue
- $47.5 million
- Total spending
- $123.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,115
- Salaries
- $62.4 million50.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $34.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 52.6%
- Local: 38.0%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,115
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Methuen School District
By level: 1 high, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Comprehensive Grammar SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,046 | 12.6 |
| Donald P Timony GrammarCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,172 | 13.2 |
| Early Childhood Center | Elementary | PK to K | 163 | 10.9 |
| Marsh Grammar SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 996 | 12.8 |
| Methuen HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,841 | 13.2 |
| Tenney Grammar SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,246 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Essex County
- Lynn School District 16,364 students
- Lawrence School District 13,313 students
- Haverhill School District 7,940 students
- Peabody School District 5,774 students
- Andover School District 5,414 students
- Beverly School District 4,503 students
- North Andover School District 4,416 students
- Salem School District 3,831 students
- Danvers School District 3,238 students
- Gloucester School District 2,838 students
- Saugus School District 2,675 students
- Marblehead School District 2,564 students
- Pentucket School District 2,238 students
- Lynnfield School District 2,178 students
- Newburyport School District 2,107 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.