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Monty Tech enrolled 1,403 pupils in FY2026 from 18 member towns; 97 were Lunenburg residents.
Monty Tech foundation enrolment by member town
Fitchburg391 pupils
Holden170 pupils
Gardner147 pupils
Athol106 pupils
Lunenburg104 pupils
Winchendon80 pupils
Westminster79 pupils
Templeton77 pupils
Ashburnham62 pupils
Sterling60 pupils
Barre44 pupils
Hubbardston35 pupils
Ashby33 pupils
Princeton28 pupils
Phillipston22 pupils
Royalston10 pupils
Harvard9 pupils
Petersham8 pupils
Value
Fitchburg
391 pupils
Holden
170 pupils
Gardner
147 pupils
Athol
106 pupils
Lunenburg
104 pupils
Winchendon
80 pupils
Westminster
79 pupils
Templeton
77 pupils
Ashburnham
62 pupils
Sterling
60 pupils
Barre
44 pupils
Hubbardston
35 pupils
Ashby
33 pupils
Princeton
28 pupils
Phillipston
22 pupils
Royalston
10 pupils
Harvard
9 pupils
Petersham
8 pupils
FY2027. DESE’s Chapter 70 foundation count by member town, as the district prints it. Not the 1 October headcount.
1 · The facts
1,403
Monty Tech, 1 October headcount, FY2026
1,323
Monty Tech, headcount, FY2008
1,436
Monty Tech, headcount, FY2016, the most
18
Monty Tech’s member towns
1,465
foundation enrolment, all towns, FY2027
391
Fitchburg, foundation enrolment, FY2027
104
Lunenburg, foundation enrolment, FY2027
97
Lunenburg residents, DESE headcount, FY2026
70
Lunenburg residents, headcount, FY2014
101
Lunenburg, foundation enrolment, FY2026
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Lunenburg applicants Monty Tech turned away
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Monty Tech enrolled 1,403 for FY2026 and 1,323 for FY2008; it peaked at 1,436 in FY2016.
2
By DESE’s foundation count for FY2027, Fitchburg sends 391 and Lunenburg 104, 5th most of 18.
3
Lunenburg residents at Monty Tech went from 70 in FY2014 to 97 in FY2026.
4
DESE counts 97 Lunenburg pupils by headcount and 101 by foundation enrolment, FY2026.
Monty Tech enrolment: the district, its towns, Lunenburg
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Year
1 October headcount
FY2026
1,403
FY2025
1,417
FY2024
1,428
FY2023
1,409
FY2022
1,413
FY2021
1,417
FY2020
1,430
FY2019
1,422
FY2018
1,424
FY2017
1,429
FY2016
1,436
FY2015
1,435
FY2014
1,433
FY2013
1,432
FY2012
1,435
FY2011
1,400
FY2010
1,355
FY2009
1,341
FY2008
1,323
DESE’s 1 October headcount for the whole district, every pupil in grades 9 to 12, all member towns.
What was said
“we'd have to disentangle ourselves from Monty Tech”