lunenburgbudgetproject.org — written by the Lunenburg Budget Project, an independent tool for residents. Not affiliated with the Town of Lunenburg, the School Committee or the school district. The data this page is computed from: /data/topics/lunenburg-at-harvard-rate.json
At Harvard’s FY2025 rate a pupil, Lunenburg would have spent $12,557,492 more, by our arithmetic.
Lunenburg’s spending at other rates
Spent, all funds, DESEOurs, a rate times Lunenburg’s pupilsour estimate
Spent, all funds, DESE
Ours, a rate times Lunenburg’s pupils
Spent
$30,031,242
not published
At the all-district median
not published
$39,181,968
At Harvard’s rate
not published
$42,588,734
FY2025, all funds. The two right-hand bars are our multiplication, not a target or a cost anybody proposed.
1 · The facts
$18,027
Lunenburg a pupil, all funds, FY2025
$25,565
Harvard a pupil, the same measure
1,665.9
Lunenburg’s FTE pupils, DESE
1,065.4
Harvard’s FTE pupils, DESE
$42,588,734
at Harvard’s rate (ours)
our estimate
$12,557,492
more than Lunenburg spent (ours)
our estimate
$23,520
median of all districts a pupil
$9,150,726
more, at the state median (ours)
our estimate
$2,795,004
Lunenburg’s total less Harvard’s
$10,825,236
Lunenburg’s extra pupils at its own rate (ours)
our estimate
$8,030,232
Harvard’s pupils times the gap a pupil (ours)
our estimate
10.8%
of Harvard’s students low-income; Lunenburg 23.3%
2 · What it shows
1
Harvard’s $25,565 for each of Lunenburg’s 1,665.9 pupils comes to $42,588,734, $12,557,492 more than spent.
2
At the median of all districts, which Harvard spends above, it is $9,150,726 more.
3
Lunenburg spent $2,795,004 more: $10,825,236 for more pupils, less $8,030,232 for Harvard’s higher rate.
4
Harvard’s students were 10.8% low-income, Lunenburg’s 23.3%; a rate is not a like-for-like cost.
A pupil, side by side, FY2025
Lunenburg
Harvard
Difference
Administration
$547
$910
$362
Instructional leadership
$1,045
$1,412
$368
Teachers
$6,134
$8,085
$1,951
Other teaching services
$1,893
$2,347
$454
Professional development
$45
$160
$115
Materials, equipment, technology
$212
$649
$436
Guidance, counselling, testing
$638
$893
$255
Pupil services: buses, meals, sport
$1,797
$2,420
$623
Operations and maintenance
$1,180
$2,038
$858
Insurance, retirement, other
$3,258
$4,008
$751
Tuition to other schools
$1,199
$2,413
$1,214
Out-of-district transportation
$78
$229
$151
Total, as DESE prints it
$18,027
$25,565
$7,538
DESE, all funds. Each category over the district’s total FTE pupils, our division, so the rows add to DESE’s totals. A dash: no spending there.