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Wachusett School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Wachusett School District runs 13 public schools with 6,557 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Wachusett".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,557
- Teachers (FTE)
- 498
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1745 Main Street c/o Jefferson School, Jefferson, MA 01522
- Phone
- (508)829-1670
- County
- Worcester County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2511880
- State district ID
- MA-0775
- Total staff (FTE)
- 915
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 410 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (6,584), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $122.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $47.5 million
- Local revenue
- $70.5 million
- Total spending
- $115.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,604
- Salaries
- $65.0 million56.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.7%
- State: 38.8%
- Local: 57.5%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,604
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Wachusett School District
By level: 1 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Tree Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 369 | 14.2 |
| Chocksett Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 264 | 11.5 |
| Davis Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 431 | 11.6 |
| Dawson | Elementary | K to 5 | 487 | 13.9 |
| Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 127 | 18.1 |
| Glenwood Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 382 | 15.3 |
| Houghton Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 317 | 11.7 |
| Leroy E.Mayo | Elementary | K to 5 | 472 | 13.9 |
| Mountview Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 773 | 14.9 |
| Naquag Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 353 | 13.6 |
| Paxton Center | Elementary | K to 8 | 448 | 12.8 |
| Thomas Prince | Elementary | K to 8 | 355 | 12.7 |
| Wachusett Regional High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,779 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Worcester County
- Worcester County Public Schools 24,778 students
- Leominster School District 6,193 students
- Shrewsbury School District 5,956 students
- Fitchburg School District 5,234 students
- Milford School District 4,512 students
- Westborough School District 3,831 students
- Dudley-Charlton Reg School District 3,476 students
- Grafton School District 3,089 students
- Nashoba School District 2,990 students
- Gardner School District 2,532 students
- Auburn School District 2,506 students
- Ashburnham-Westminster School District 2,255 students
- Quabbin School District 2,111 students
- Mendon-Upton School District 2,072 students
- Clinton School District 2,025 students
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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.