District profile / Massachusetts

Webster

Webster, Massachusetts · Public school district · #160 of 229 Massachusetts districts by enrollment

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1,712

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,504

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Massachusetts median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Massachusetts median 11.9

Webster is a public school district based in Webster, Massachusetts, serving 1,712 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #160 of the 229 Massachusetts districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 30% of them. Its schools average 571 students each, more than the Massachusetts median of 509. It spends about $18,504 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Webster compares

WebsterMassachusetts median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,504

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

Instruction spending per student$10,648

Massachusetts median $11,960 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school571

Massachusetts median 509 · 12% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

Massachusetts median 11.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor571

Massachusetts median 372 · 53% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$37.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 52%Local 40%

Measure	Webster	Massachusetts median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,504	$18,974	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,648	$11,960	FY2020-21
Total spending	$37.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$37.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	289	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	11.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	571	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
Monomoy Regional School DistrictChatham	1,728	4	$23,133	10.4	#156
FairhavenFairhaven	1,727	4	$16,042	12.0	#157
Ayer Shirley School DistrictAyer	1,723	4	$19,500	12.0	#158
NantucketNantucket	1,719	4	$26,382	10.1	#159
WebsterWebster · this district	1,712	3	$18,504	12.1	#160

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ocean City School DistrictOcean City, NJ	1,713	$23,074	8.0
Prairie Central CUSD 8Fairbury, IL	1,712	$16,196	12.2
Pekin CSD 303Pekin, IL	1,712	$14,981	15.6
Rains ISDEmory, TX	1,712	$11,011	13.6

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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