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Five nearby regional districts spent $18,142 to $25,827 a pupil in FY2025; Lunenburg spent $18,027.
1 · The facts
$18,142
Ashburnham-Westminster, the lowest of the five
$25,827
Monty Tech, the highest
$18,027
Lunenburg, a single-town district, FY2025
$88,183,608
regional transportation aid, cherry sheet, FY2026
84
regional districts it is paid to
$1,195,321
North Middlesex’s share
$1,190,725
Ashburnham-Westminster’s share
$0
Lunenburg’s line, FY2026
2 · What it shows
1
The five span $18,142 to $25,827 a pupil; being regional does not fix the figure.
2
The FY2026 cherry sheet carries $88,183,608 of regional transportation aid, to 84 districts.
3
North Middlesex’s share was $1,195,321; Ashburnham-Westminster’s $1,190,725.
The regional districts compared
A pupil, FY2025
Transport aid, FY2026
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical
$25,827
$2,022,089
Groton-Dunstable
$22,664
$1,001,384
North Middlesex
$21,528
$1,195,321
Ayer Shirley School District
$20,428
$593,641
Ashburnham-Westminster
$18,142
$1,190,725
Lunenburg
$18,027
$0
Spending is DESE’s, all funds; aid is the DLS cherry sheet at the final state budget. Which districts are regional is our reading of each.
What was said
“Key provisions to the bill were a full 100% reimbursement for FY25 regional transportation up from 82%”