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The state counted 67.0 paraprofessional FTE in FY2025, against 14.8 in FY2013 and 46.4 in FY2009.
Paraprofessional FTE by year
All programmes, DESE comparison sheet
FY2009
46.4 full-time equivalents
FY2010
39.9 full-time equivalents
FY2011
24.1 full-time equivalents
FY2012
24.1 full-time equivalents
FY2013
14.8 full-time equivalents
FY2014
16.2 full-time equivalents
FY2015
31 full-time equivalents
FY2016
51 full-time equivalents
FY2017
59.5 full-time equivalents
FY2018
51 full-time equivalents
FY2019
53 full-time equivalents
FY2020
57 full-time equivalents
FY2021
59.5 full-time equivalents
FY2022
55.5 full-time equivalents
FY2023
59 full-time equivalents
FY2024
66 full-time equivalents
FY2025
67 full-time equivalents
Staff paid from grants and revolving funds are counted alongside those the town appropriates for.
1 · The facts
67.0
paraprofessional FTE, all programmes, FY2025
14.8
the same count, FY2013, the lowest
46.4
the same count, FY2009, its first year
4.27
paraprofessional FTE per hundred pupils, FY2025
0.94
the same ratio, FY2013
13
on the sheet in FY2025; Lunenburg highest
9
on the sheet in FY2013; Lunenburg lowest
8th
of the 8 on the sheet every year, FY2013
1st
of the 8 on the sheet every year, FY2025
+52.2
FTE change, FY2013 to FY2025
+20.6
FTE change, FY2009 to FY2025
2 · What it shows
1
The state counted 46.4 paraprofessional FTE in FY2009, 14.8 in FY2013 and 67.0 in FY2025.
2
Measured from FY2013 the rise is +52.2 FTE; measured from FY2009 it is +20.6.
3
Per hundred pupils that is 4.27 in FY2025, highest of 13, from 0.94 in FY2013, lowest of 9.
4
Among the 8 districts on the sheet in every year, it was 8th in FY2013 and 1st in FY2025.
Paraprofessional FTE by year, the state’s comparison sheet
Year
FTE
Per hundred pupils
Place on the sheet
FY2025
67.0
4.27
1 of 13
FY2024
66.0
4.18
1 of 13
FY2023
59.0
3.77
2 of 13
FY2022
55.5
3.47
2 of 11
FY2021
59.5
3.78
1 of 11
FY2020
57.0
3.45
1 of 13
FY2019
53.0
3.20
1 of 13
FY2018
51.0
3.15
2 of 9
FY2017
59.5
3.67
1 of 9
FY2016
51.0
3.25
2 of 9
FY2015
31.0
1.98
8 of 9
FY2014
16.2
1.03
8 of 9
FY2013
14.8
0.94
9 of 9
FY2012
24.1
1.47
8 of 9
FY2011
24.1
1.45
8 of 9
FY2010
39.9
2.32
5 of 9
FY2009
46.4
2.65
2 of 9
DESE counts staff paid from grants and revolving funds alongside those the town appropriates for, so a grant arriving or ending does not show.
What was said
“ESSER funds allowed the School Department to hire 13 new positions across the district. Social workers, guidance counselors, subject specialists, tutors, and technicians were all brought into the school”