School district · Massachusetts
Gardner
Gardner in Massachusetts: 4 public schools with 2,532 students and 14.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,597 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,532
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,597
- 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)
- 176
- Counselors (FTE)
- 5.7
- Students per counselor
- 444
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.8
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.
$13.4K15
$13.5K16
$14.0K17
$14.9K18
$15.7K19
$16.2K20
$16.9K21
$17.3K22
$17.6K23
$19.6K24
- Federal
- 10% · $5.7M
- State
- 62% · $33.9M
- Local
- 28% · $15.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $12,390
- Support services
- $7,208
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $4.3M
- Long-term debt
- $1.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1Middle schools: 1High schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Gardner Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 1,087 | 15.0 |
Gardner Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–7 | 514 | 13.3 |
Gardner Academy for Learning and TechnologyAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 123 | 24.8 |
Gardner HighFree meals for all | 8–12 | 808 | 13.5 |
Sources
- Address
- 160 Elm Street, Gardner, MA 01440
- Phone
- (978)632-1000
- 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).