Regular local school district · Franklin County
New Salem-Wendell School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
New Salem-Wendell School District runs 1 public school with 134 students in grades PK to 6. Its ratio of 9.6 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "New Salem-Wendell".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 134
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14
- Students per teacher
- 9.6
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 Wendell Rd, New Salem, MA 01355
- Phone
- (413)423-3337
- County
- Franklin County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 6
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2508530
- State district ID
- MA-0728
- Total staff (FTE)
- 39
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.6
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 (129), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $268,000
- State revenue
- $1.6 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $4.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $32,000
- Salaries
- $2.0 million48.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 37.0%
- Local: 56.7%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$32,000
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in New Salem-Wendell School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Swift RiverCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 134 | 9.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Franklin County
- Greenfield School District 1,370 students
- Greater Commonwealth Virtual District 1,184 students
- Gill-Montague School District 858 students
- Mohawk Trail School District 805 students
- Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School District 643 students
- Frontier School District 588 students
- Pioneer Valley School District 581 students
- Ralph C Mahar School District 509 students
- Orange School District 494 students
- Deerfield School District 301 students
- Four Rivers Charter Public 213 students
- Sunderland School District 174 students
- Conway School District 152 students
- Leverett School District 137 students
- Whately School District 133 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.