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$1,205,949 went to out-of-district tuition in FY2025; 39.3% of it was paid outside the general fund.
Circuit breaker paid
In district, general fund
Tuition, every fund (DESE)
Tuition, general fund
1 · The facts
$1,205,949
out-of-district tuition, every fund, FY2025
$732,298
of it from the general fund, FY2025
$473,651
of it from grants and revolving funds, FY2025
39.3%
of it paid outside the general fund, FY2025
11
years of 12 the district’s restated figure is DESE’s
$2,094,813
every fund, FY2015, the highest year
$539,509
every fund, FY2010, the lowest year
70.3%
outside the general fund, FY2009
17.9%
outside the general fund, FY2019
$1,456,770
every fund, FY2024, the state’s return
$1,054,804
every fund, FY2024, the town’s ledger
2 · What it shows
1
The general fund paid $732,298; another $473,651 came from grants and revolving funds in FY2025.
2
Every-fund tuition peaked at $2,094,813 in FY2015 and was $539,509 at its lowest, in FY2010.
3
The share paid outside the general fund has run from 17.9% to 70.3% across the years.
4
For FY2024 the state’s return says $1,456,770 and the town’s ledger $1,054,804.
Out-of-district tuition by fund, by year
Year
General fund
Grants and revolving funds
Every fund
Share outside the general fund
FY2025
$732,298
$473,651
$1,205,949
39.3%
FY2024
$588,508
$868,262
$1,456,770
59.6%
FY2023
$304,748
$523,806
$828,554
63.2%
FY2022
$397,233
$548,062
$945,295
58.0%
FY2021
$335,377
$536,052
$871,429
61.5%
FY2020
$869,557
$445,610
$1,315,167
33.9%
FY2019
$958,495
$208,206
$1,166,701
17.9%
FY2018
$868,927
$271,230
$1,140,157
23.8%
FY2017
$637,677
$532,720
$1,170,397
45.5%
FY2016
$966,251
$586,891
$1,553,142
37.8%
FY2015
$1,450,036
$644,777
$2,094,813
30.8%
FY2014
$1,261,690
$590,702
$1,852,392
31.9%
FY2013
$949,835
$605,088
$1,554,923
38.9%
FY2012
$665,200
$567,150
$1,232,350
46.0%
FY2011
$630,620
$194,574
$825,194
23.6%
FY2010
$203,871
$335,638
$539,509
62.2%
FY2009
$200,000
$474,350
$674,350
70.3%
Functions 9300 and 9400 on the district’s statutory return, closed years. The general fund column equals the district’s own restated budget figure in most years; the other column holds every non-general fund together.