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Of $30,031,242 DESE counts for FY2025, grants and revolving funds paid $3,044,898: 10.1%.
1 · The facts
$30,031,242
all funds, FY2025, DESE
$26,986,344
of it the general fund
$3,044,898
of it grants and revolving funds
10.1%
the grants’ share (our division)
24.0%
Harvard, the largest share of the six
$3,459
insurance, retirement and other, a pupil
2 · What it shows
1
The general fund was $26,986,344 of the $30,031,242; grants and revolving funds the other $3,044,898.
2
At 10.1% the share was the smallest of the six districts this project compares; Harvard’s was 24.0%.
3
DESE’s total also counts insurance, retirement and other at $3,459 a pupil.
All funds and the general fund, FY2025
All funds
General fund
Grants’ share
Harvard
$27,236,238
$20,688,436
24.0%
Groton-Dunstable
$54,106,517
$47,883,498
11.5%
North Middlesex
$65,728,795
$58,828,904
10.5%
Ayer Shirley School District
$38,561,581
$32,386,190
16.0%
Ashburnham-Westminster
$41,432,696
$37,110,284
10.4%
Lunenburg
$30,031,242
$26,986,344
10.1%
DESE’s end-of-year finance collection. The six are this project’s choice; no document records the criterion.
What was said
“the remaining $17,000 will be dedicated to contracted professional development. This week our legislators have approved one-time earmarked funds, $36,000 is going toward touch view screens at the Primary School, $7,000 will fund IXL for our middle school students”