School staffing

Teachers by school

Turkey Hill Elementary went from 27.0 to 18.4 teacher FTE, FY2017 to FY2026; the district fell 8.7.

Teacher FTE by school
PrimaryTurkey HillMiddleHigh
PrimaryTurkey HillMiddleHigh
FY201723.5 full-time equivalents27 full-time equivalents25.9 full-time equivalents35.7 full-time equivalents
FY201825 full-time equivalents24.5 full-time equivalents28.9 full-time equivalents34.6 full-time equivalents
FY201923.5 full-time equivalents25.5 full-time equivalents28.5 full-time equivalents32 full-time equivalents
FY202024 full-time equivalents22.6 full-time equivalents27.7 full-time equivalents32.2 full-time equivalents
FY202125.2 full-time equivalents23.9 full-time equivalents27.3 full-time equivalents30.8 full-time equivalents
FY202223.9 full-time equivalents23.6 full-time equivalents29.2 full-time equivalents33.5 full-time equivalents
FY202326.7 full-time equivalents22 full-time equivalents27.1 full-time equivalents35.8 full-time equivalents
FY202426.5 full-time equivalents21.9 full-time equivalents27.7 full-time equivalents37 full-time equivalents
FY202523.5 full-time equivalents19 full-time equivalents25.1 full-time equivalents36.5 full-time equivalents
FY202623.1 full-time equivalents18.4 full-time equivalents25 full-time equivalents35.8 full-time equivalents

DESE’s teacher file, from FY2017, when the schools took their present grades.

1 · The facts

  • 27.0

    teacher FTE, Turkey Hill Elementary, FY2017

  • 18.4

    the same school, FY2026

  • -8.7

    district teacher FTE change, FY2017 to FY2026

  • 0.9

    FTE, the largest move at any other school, same years

  • 400

    pupils at Turkey Hill, FY2017

  • 356

    pupils at Turkey Hill, FY2026

  • 6.75

    its teacher FTE per hundred pupils, FY2017

  • 5.17

    the same ratio, FY2026

  • 0.5

    FTE, the most the schools and district differ

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    Turkey Hill Elementary fell from 27.0 to 18.4 teacher FTE; the district fell 8.7.

  2. 2

    No other school moved by more than 0.9 FTE over the same years.

  3. 3

    Per hundred pupils Turkey Hill had 6.75 teacher FTE in FY2017 and 5.17 in FY2026.

  4. 4

    The schools sum to the district’s count within 0.5 FTE in every year.

Teacher FTE by school, FY2017 to FY2026
YearPrimaryTurkey HillMiddleHigh
FY202623.118.425.035.8
FY202523.519.025.136.5
FY202426.521.927.737.0
FY202326.722.027.135.8
FY202223.923.629.233.5
FY202125.223.927.330.8
FY202024.022.627.732.2
FY201923.525.528.532.0
FY201825.024.528.934.6
FY201723.527.025.935.7

From FY2017, when the schools took their present grades. Earlier years count buildings that held different grades, so a series across that line would measure the reconfiguration.

What was said

  • “We have started this year with 357 students and an average class size of 23/24 for third grade with 113 students, 135 students in the fourth grade with an average class size of 27, and 109 students in the fifth grade with an average class size of 22/23”

    School Committee minutes, 2025-09-03

Sources

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026