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Needham School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Needham School District runs 8 public schools with 5,493 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Needham".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 5,493
- Teachers (FTE)
- 454
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1330 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
- Phone
- (781)455-0400
- County
- Norfolk County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2508370
- State district ID
- MA-0199
- Total staff (FTE)
- 926
- School counselors (FTE)
- 23.0About 239 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (5,483), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $144.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.0 million
- State revenue
- $29.4 million
- Local revenue
- $111.0 million
- Total spending
- $136.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,895
- Salaries
- $72.6 million53.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $62.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.8%
- State: 20.3%
- Local: 76.9%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,895
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Needham School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Broadmeadow | Elementary | K to 5 | 502 | 14.3 |
| High Rock School | Middle | 6 | 441 | 11.9 |
| John Eliot | Elementary | K to 5 | 397 | 12.0 |
| Needham High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,633 | 11.9 |
| Newman Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 696 | 12.4 |
| Pollard Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 867 | 11.0 |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 533 | 13.3 |
| William Mitchell | Elementary | K to 5 | 424 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Norfolk County
- Quincy School District 9,769 students
- Brookline School District 7,023 students
- Weymouth School District 5,630 students
- Braintree School District 5,209 students
- Franklin School District 4,611 students
- Milton School District 4,367 students
- Wellesley School District 3,986 students
- Stoughton School District 3,759 students
- Norwood School District 3,575 students
- Walpole School District 3,565 students
- Sharon School District 3,468 students
- Canton School District 3,314 students
- TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District 2,969 students
- Randolph School District 2,875 students
- Westwood School District 2,842 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.