Harvard per-pupil breakdown
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Harvard’s $25,565 a pupil in FY2025 by what it bought: teachers first, 24.0% paid by grants and revolving.
| General fund | Grants and revolving funds | |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers | $5,603 | $2,482 |
| Insurance, retirement, other | $4,004 | $4 |
| Tuition to other schools | $1,017 | $1,396 |
| Other teaching services | $2,302 | $45 |
| Operations and maintenance | $1,667 | $371 |
| Instructional leadership | $1,407 | $5 |
| Buses | $627 | $392 |
| Administration | $910 | $0 |
| Guidance, counselling, testing | $893 | $0 |
| Materials, equipment, technology | $223 | $425 |
| Sports and student activities | $137 | $498 |
| Food service | $0 | $494 |
| Nurses and health | $251 | $23 |
| Out-of-district transportation | $229 | $0 |
| Professional development | $148 | $11 |
DESE, all funds, FY2025. Each category over all 1,065.4 FTE pupils, our division, so the rows add to DESE’s $25,565.
1 · The facts
$25,565
a pupil, all funds, FY2025, DESE
$27,236,238
spent, all funds, FY2025
1,065.4
FTE pupils DESE divides by
$8,085
teachers, a pupil (our division)
$4,008
insurance, retirement and other, a pupil
$1,951
more a pupil on teachers than Lunenburg
$7,538
more a pupil in all
$6,547,802
paid by grants and revolving funds
24.0%
of Harvard’s total from them
10.1%
of Lunenburg’s total from them
$2,644,354
classroom teachers, paid from them
0
rows coded capital (7000) or debt (8000) in DESE’s file
2 · What it shows
- 1
Teachers were $8,085 of the $25,565 a pupil; insurance, retirement and other, $4,008, came next.
- 2
Teachers are the widest gap with Lunenburg: $1,951 a pupil of the $7,538 in all.
- 3
Grants and revolving funds paid 24.0% of Harvard’s total, 10.1% of Lunenburg’s.
- 4
Classroom teachers were their largest line, $2,644,354; none of the total is capital or debt.
| A pupil | All funds | General fund | Grants, revolving | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | $910 | $969,175 | $969,175 | $0 | 3.6% |
| Instructional Leadership | $1,412 | $1,504,869 | $1,499,119 | $5,750 | 5.5% |
| Teachers | $8,085 | $8,613,830 | $5,969,476 | $2,644,354 | 31.6% |
| Other Teaching Services | $2,347 | $2,500,437 | $2,452,091 | $48,346 | 9.2% |
| Professional Development | $160 | $170,077 | $158,205 | $11,872 | 0.6% |
| Instructional Materials, Equipment and Technology | $649 | $691,160 | $237,903 | $453,257 | 2.5% |
| Guidance, Counseling and Testing | $893 | $951,525 | $951,525 | $0 | 3.5% |
| Pupil services: Transportation Services (3300) | $1,019 | $1,085,364 | $668,068 | $417,296 | 4.0% |
| Pupil services: Food Services (3400) | $494 | $525,783 | $0 | $525,783 | 1.9% |
| Pupil services: Medical/Health Services (3200) | $273 | $291,364 | $267,364 | $24,000 | 1.1% |
| Pupil services: Athletics, Other Student Activities (3510/3520) | $634 | $675,643 | $145,603 | $530,040 | 2.5% |
| Operations and Maintenance | $2,038 | $2,171,787 | $1,776,366 | $395,421 | 8.0% |
| Insurance, Retirement Programs and Other | $4,008 | $4,270,412 | $4,265,734 | $4,678 | 15.7% |
| Payments to Out-of-District Schools | $2,413 | $2,570,608 | $1,083,603 | $1,487,005 | 9.4% |
| Out-of-district Transportation | $229 | $244,204 | $244,204 | $0 | 0.9% |
| Total, as DESE prints it | $25,565 | $27,236,238 | $20,688,436 | $6,547,802 | 100% |
DESE’s expenditures by function, all funds, after the year closed. A pupil: our division by total FTE pupils, so the rows add to the total. DESE prints each category over in-district pupils, a different figure.