District profile / Massachusetts

Danvers

Danvers, Massachusetts · Public school district · #82 of 229 Massachusetts districts by enrollment

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3,238

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$19,203

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Massachusetts median

11.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Massachusetts median 11.9

Danvers is a public school district based in Danvers, Massachusetts, serving 3,238 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #82 of the 229 Massachusetts districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 64% of them. Its schools average 463 students each, about the same as the Massachusetts median of 509. It spends about $19,203 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.7 students per teacher.

How Danvers compares

DanversMassachusetts median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$19,203

Massachusetts median $18,974 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,023

Massachusetts median $11,960 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school463

Massachusetts median 509 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.7

Massachusetts median 11.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor405

Massachusetts median 372 · 9% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$83.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 34%Local 62%

Measure	Danvers	Massachusetts median	Year
Current spending per student	$19,203	$18,974	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,023	$11,960	FY2020-21
Total spending	$94.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$83.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	276	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	528	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.7	11.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	405	372	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Massachusetts median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Massachusetts

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
CantonCanton	3,314	6	$20,678	12.5	#79
DartmouthDartmouth	3,297	6	$17,133	12.3	#80
MansfieldMansfield	3,283	5	$20,405	11.4	#81
DanversDanvers · this district	3,238	7	$19,203	11.7	#82
TewksburyTewksbury	3,219	6	$19,680	12.7	#83

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lincoln CountyStanford, KY	3,240	$12,067	13.8
Vernon School DistrictVernon, CT	3,236	$22,072	10.9
Northern York County School DistrictDillsburg, PA	3,236	$13,796	14.3
Lafayette ElementaryLafayette, CA	3,235	$13,129	21.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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