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For FY2025 the state counts 67.0 paraprofessional FTE; the town printed 52 paraprofessional names.
Paraprofessionals, three counts
Names the town printed (our reading)our estimateFTE, DESE comparison sheetPeople, DESE workforce file
Names the town printed (our reading)
FTE, DESE comparison sheet
People, DESE workforce file
FY2011
42
24.1
not published
FY2012
32
24.1
not published
FY2013
21
14.8
not published
FY2014
47
16.2
not published
FY2015
35
31
not published
FY2016
53
51
not published
FY2017
46
59.5
not published
FY2018
54
51
not published
FY2019
53
53
not published
FY2020
38
57
not published
FY2021
61
59.5
60
FY2022
48
55.5
56
FY2023
58
59
59
FY2024
66
66
not published
FY2025
52
67
not published
Names, FTE and people are three different things, set side by side and never reconciled.
1 · The facts
59.0
paraprofessional FTE, the state, FY2023
59
paraprofessionals as people, the state, FY2023
58
paraprofessional names the town printed, FY2023 (ours)
our estimate
67.0
paraprofessional FTE, the state, FY2025
52
paraprofessional names printed, FY2025 (ours)
our estimate
5
titled paraprofessional, district directory, 9 October 2026
51
titled only “Special Services”, the same directory
—
which school year a printed roster describes
not published
2 · What it shows
1
For FY2023 the state counts 59 paraprofessionals as people and 59.0 as FTE; the town printed 58.
2
For FY2025 the state counts 67.0 FTE and the town printed 52 names.
3
The district’s directory titles 5 people paraprofessional and 51 only “Special Services”.
Paraprofessionals, three counts by year
Year
Names printed (ours)not from the books
State FTE
State headcount
FY2025
52
67.0
—
FY2024
66
66.0
—
FY2023
58
59.0
59
FY2022
48
55.5
56
FY2021
61
59.5
60
FY2020
38
57.0
—
FY2019
53
53.0
—
FY2018
54
51.0
—
FY2017
46
59.5
—
FY2016
53
51.0
—
FY2015
35
31.0
—
FY2014
47
16.2
—
FY2013
21
14.8
—
FY2012
32
24.1
—
FY2011
42
24.1
—
Names from the annual town reports, classified by printed title (our reading). FTE from DESE’s comparison sheet; headcount from DESE’s workforce file, which covers three years.