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/spending-and-pupils.json
From FY2012 to FY2025 Lunenburg’s spending rose 48.7% and its pupils fell 5.6%; North Middlesex lost 23.5%.
Spending and pupils, change by district
SpendingFTE pupils
Spending
FTE pupils
North Middlesex
43.8%
-23.5%
Harvard
48.6%
-18.7%
Groton-Dunst.
59.0%
-14.0%
Lunenburg
48.7%
-5.6%
Ayer Shirley
51.4%
-3.0%
Ashburnham-W.
46.5%
-2.9%
Each from FY2012 to FY2025: our arithmetic on DESE’s totals and pupil counts.
1 · The facts
48.7%
Lunenburg’s spending, FY2012 to FY2025
-5.6%
its FTE pupils, the same years
57.5%
its figure a pupil
43.8%
the smallest spending rise, North Middlesex
59.0%
the largest, Groton-Dunstable
-23.5%
North Middlesex’s FTE pupils
87.8%
North Middlesex’s figure a pupil
2 · What it shows
1
The six districts this project compares raised spending 43.8% to 59.0%; Lunenburg’s 48.7% sat between.
2
Pupils moved further apart: North Middlesex lost 23.5% of its pupils, Lunenburg 5.6%.
3
So North Middlesex’s figure a pupil rose 87.8% and Lunenburg’s 57.5%; a ratio moves with both halves.
Change from FY2012 to FY2025
Spending
FTE pupils
A pupil
North Middlesex
43.8%
-23.5%
87.8%
Groton-Dunstable
59.0%
-14.0%
84.9%
Harvard
48.6%
-18.7%
82.8%
Lunenburg
48.7%
-5.6%
57.5%
Ayer Shirley School District
51.4%
-3.0%
56.2%
Ashburnham-Westminster
46.5%
-2.9%
50.8%
Changes are our arithmetic on DESE’s totals, total FTE pupils and per-pupil figures. FY2012 is the first year Ayer Shirley exists as one district.