District profile / Massachusetts

Sandwich

East Sandwich, Massachusetts · Public school district · #133 of 229 Massachusetts districts by enrollment

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2,118

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,540

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 19% above the Massachusetts median

11.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Massachusetts median 11.9

Sandwich is a public school district based in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, serving 2,118 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #133 of the 229 Massachusetts districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 706 students each, more than the Massachusetts median of 509. It spends about $22,540 per student on day-to-day operations, 19% more than the Massachusetts median. It has roughly 11.3 students per teacher.

How Sandwich compares

SandwichMassachusetts median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,540

Massachusetts median $18,974 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,785

Massachusetts median $11,960 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Students per school706

Massachusetts median 509 · 39% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.3

Massachusetts median 11.9 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor424

Massachusetts median 372 · 14% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$57.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 27%Local 70%

Measure	Sandwich	Massachusetts median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,540	$18,974	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,785	$11,960	FY2020-21
Total spending	$61.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$57.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	188	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	372	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.3	11.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	424	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
AbingtonAbington	2,143	5	$16,418	13.2	#132
SandwichEast Sandwich · this district	2,118	3	$22,540	11.3	#133
QuabbinBarre	2,111	7	$18,718	14.7	#134
NewburyportNewburyport	2,107	4	$21,270	9.8	#135
SwampscottSwampscott	2,094	3	$19,385	11.4	#136

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South Gibson School CorporationFort Branch, IN	2,118	$9,931	16.4
RSU 22Hampden, ME	2,118	$15,009	13.1
Hermantown Community SchoolsHermantown, MN	2,118	$10,065	16.5
Pequannock Township School DistrictPompton Plains, NJ	2,118	$20,442	11.8

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ma-sandwich