Needham
Needham is a public school district in Massachusetts serving 5,525 students across 8 schools. It includes 5 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high schools. Its graduation rate of 98.0% is above the national average of 86.5%. Per-pupil spending of $28,303 is above average for a US public school district. Opportunity scores across its schools are moderate, with a district median of 56/100.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Broadmeadow | KG–05 | 510 |
| John Eliot | KG–05 | 426 |
| Newman Elementary | PK–05 | 699 |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary | KG–05 | 529 |
| William Mitchell | KG–05 | 452 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| High Rock School | 06–06 | 446 |
| Pollard Middle | 07–08 | 818 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Needham High | 09–12 | 1,645 |
This district draws the majority of its budget from local property taxes (76%), typical of wealthier suburban districts.
All figures on this page come directly from US federal open datasets — NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Opportunity Atlas — and we work hard to keep them accurate and up to date. That said, federal data is published on an annual cycle, so some figures may not yet reflect the very latest school-year changes or local updates. We recommend using this page as a helpful starting point and cross-checking with the school or district directly, or visiting the NCES Common Core of Data and ed.gov for the most authoritative figures before making any important decisions.