School district · Massachusetts

Newton

Newton in Massachusetts: 22 public schools with 11,632 students and 10.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $29,206 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 22
Students: 11,632
Students per teacher: 10.5; MA 11.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $29,206; 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): 1,108
Counselors (FTE): 47.6
Students per counselor: 244; MA 334 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 29.1; Librarians (FTE): 19.9

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

$19.5K15

$19.9K16

$20.4K17

$20.8K18

$21.8K19

$23.2K20

$25.9K21

$27.8K22

$28.0K23

$29.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 3.4% · $12.8M
State: 20% · $72.5M
Local: 77% · $286.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $18,900
Support services: $9,786
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $12.2M
Long-term debt: $11.5M

Schools

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

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 15Middle schools: 4High schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Newton Early Childhood Program	Pre-K	173	10.0	Newton
A E Angier	K–5	383	10.1	Waban
Bowen	K–5	325	10.0	Newton Centre
C C Burr	K–5	350	11.1	Auburndale
Cabot	K–5	414	11.0	Newtonville
Countryside	K–5	369	9.7	Newton Highlands
Franklin	K–5	320	9.9	West Newton
Horace Mann	K–5	351	10.5	Newtonville
John Ward	K–5	186	8.8	Newton Centre
Lincoln-EliotFree meals for all	K–5	336	9.4	Newton
Mason-Rice	K–5	321	11.7	Newton Centre
Memorial Spaulding	K–5	342	9.9	Newton Centre
Peirce	K–5	249	11.7	West Newton
Underwood	K–5	253	11.2	Newton
Williams	K–5	211	8.6	Auburndale
Zervas	K–5	399	11.3	Waban
Bigelow Middle	6–8	434	10.0	Newton
Charles E Brown Middle	6–8	713	10.5	Newton Centre
F A Day Middle	6–8	860	10.8	Newtonville
Oak Hill Middle	6–8	649	9.6	Newton
Newton North High	9–12	2,096	10.8	Newtonville
Newton South High	9–12	1,898	11.6	Newton Centre

Sources

Address: 100 Walnut Street, Newtonville, MA 02460
Phone: (617)559-6100

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).