School district · Massachusetts
Needham
Needham in Massachusetts: 8 public schools with 5,493 students and 12.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,385 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 5,493
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $26,385
- 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)
- 454
- Counselors (FTE)
- 23.8
- Students per counselor
- 231
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.6
- Librarians (FTE): 9.2
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.
$17.1K15
$17.2K16
$18.1K17
$19.4K18
$20.1K19
$21.2K20
$23.6K21
$24.7K22
$24.8K23
$26.4K24
- Federal
- 3.3% · $5.5M
- State
- 19% · $32M
- Local
- 77% · $128.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $16,669
- Support services
- $9,715
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $10.7M
- Long-term debt
- $5.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 2High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 502 | 14.0 | |
| K–5 | 397 | 11.7 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 696 | 12.3 | |
| K–5 | 533 | 13.1 | |
| K–5 | 424 | 12.6 | |
| 6 | 441 | 11.8 | |
| 7–8 | 867 | 11.0 | |
| 9–12 | 1,633 | 11.9 |
Sources
- Address
- 1330 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
- Phone
- (781)455-0400
- 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).