School district · Massachusetts

Dartmouth

Dartmouth in Massachusetts: 6 public schools with 3,297 students and 12.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $21,106 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6
Students: 3,297
Students per teacher: 12.2; MA 11.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $21,106; MA $26.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 270
Counselors (FTE): 8.4
Students per counselor: 393; MA 334 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 3.8; Librarians (FTE): 1.9

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

51%proficient

+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 68% of school districts in Massachusetts

Median 44% · 351 school districts compared

1,605 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

54%proficient

−0.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 74% of school districts in Massachusetts

Median 40% · 351 school districts compared

1,597 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$13.3K15

$14.3K16

$14.1K17

$14.8K18

$15.4K19

$16.1K20

$17.5K21

$18.4K22

$20.0K23

$21.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 8.0% · $5.4M
State: 29% · $19.4M
Local: 63% · $42M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $12,951
Support services: $7,465
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $1.5M
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Andrew B. Cushman SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	92	13.0	—	—	Dartmouth
George H PotterFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	407	14.5	46%	51%	North Dartmouth
James M. Quinn SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	703	12.5	47%	49%	Dartmouth
Joseph DemelloFree meals for all	K–5	392	14.7	51%	58%	South Dartmouth
Dartmouth MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	801	10.5	57%	58%	North Dartmouth
Dartmouth HighFree meals for all	9–12	902	11.9	—	—	Dartmouth

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 8 Bush Street, Dartmouth, MA 02748
Phone: (508)997-3391

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.