School district · Massachusetts
New Bedford
New Bedford in Massachusetts: 24 public schools with 12,505 students and 11.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $28,208 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 12,505
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $28,208
- 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)
- 1,065
- Counselors (FTE)
- 24.9
- Students per counselor
- 503
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.0
- Librarians (FTE): 3.9
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%22%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 91% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 44% · 351 school districts compared
5,674 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%19%proficient
−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 91% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 40% · 351 school districts compared
5,669 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.
- Federal
- 12% · $41.3M
- State
- 80% · $268.1M
- Local
- 7.5% · $25.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $15,574
- Support services
- $11,540
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $12.8M
- Long-term debt
- $1.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abraham LincolnFree meals for all | K–5 | 687 | 13.8 | 16% | 16% |
Alfred J GomesFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 623 | 10.7 | 16% | 16% |
Betsey B WinslowFree meals for all | K–5 | 227 | 13.0 | 27% | 18% |
Carlos PachecoFree meals for all | K–5 | 242 | 9.5 | 25% | 21% |
Casimir PulaskiFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 551 | 12.0 | 34% | 39% |
Charles S AshleyFree meals for all | K–5 | 272 | 13.4 | 9.3% | 9.3% |
Elizabeth Carter BrooksFree meals for all | K–5 | 261 | 12.6 | 47% | 44% |
Ellen R HathawayFree meals for all | K–5 | 201 | 9.6 | 24% | 13% |
Elwyn G CampbellFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 267 | 9.3 | 28% | 38% |
Hayden/McFaddenFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 748 | 12.7 | 14% | 10% |
Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 388 | 11.5 | 11% | 9.1% |
James B CongdonFree meals for all | K–5 | 299 | 10.6 | 32% | 49% |
Jireh SwiftFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 204 | 10.6 | 30% | 33% |
John Avery ParkerFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 289 | 12.0 | 8.8% | 7.9% |
John B DevallesFree meals for all | K–5 | 292 | 11.2 | 15% | 13% |
Sgt Wm H Carney AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 618 | 12.3 | 20% | 14% |
Thomas R RodmanFree meals for all | K–5 | 200 | 11.0 | 21% | 7.3% |
William H TaylorFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 267 | 12.6 | 44% | 53% |
Keith Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 949 | 10.6 | 24% | 21% |
Normandin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 990 | 11.8 | 24% | 17% |
Roosevelt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 759 | 10.1 | 20% | 16% |
New Bedford HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,878 | 13.5 | — | — |
Trinity Day AcademyFree meals for all | 6–12 | 93 | 6.5 | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| 7–12 | 200 | 11.5 | — | — |
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.
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.
Sources
- Address
- 455 County Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
- Phone
- (508)997-4511
- 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.