Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
The Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) is calculated for each district based on the submission of the data contained in the EOY report. Below is a historical view of Wellesley’s Per Pupil Expenditures by major category for the past five years.
% Inc./(Dec.) from FY’22
% Inc./(Dec.) from FY’19
Category
FY’19 PPE
FY’20 PPE
FY’21 PPE
FY’22 PPE
FY’23 PPE
Administration
$359 $396 $609 $603 $749 $1,702 $1,791 $2,029 $2,129 $2,347 $7,706 $8,143 $9,558 $9,699 $10,124 $2,289 $2,234 $2,456 $2,626 $2,908 $315 $329 $345 $486 $685 $801 $771 $932 $935 $1,054 $780 $842 $966 $1,018 $1,120 $1,456 $1,300 $1,515 $1,731 $2,019 $1,610 $1,481 $1,454 $1,629 $1,670 $2,716 $2,767 $2,972 $2,876 $3,522 $19,734 $20,054 $22,836 $23,732 $26,198
24.21% 108.63% 10.24% 37.89% 4.38% 31.38% 10.74% 27.04% 40.95% 117.46% 12.73% 31.59% 10.02% 43.59% 16.64% 38.67% 2.51% 3.72% 22.46% 29.68%
Instructional Leadership
Classroom and Specialist Teachers
Other Teaching Services Professional Development
Instructional Mat., Equip. & Tech. Guidance, Counseling & Testing Operations and Maintenance Insurance, Retirement & Others Pupil Services
Per Pupil Expenditure 10.39% 32.78% Although Wellesley regularly reviews our own per pupil expenditure over time, we also compare our spending with comparable communities. Below is a table of PPE for the past five (5) school years:
FY’23
FY’19
FY’20
FY’21
FY’22
FY’23
Table Rank
Table Rank
Table Rank
Table Rank
Table Rank
Grades
Enr.
District
PPE
PPE
PPE
PPE
PPE
pk-12 pk-12 pk-8 pk-8 9-12 pk-12 pk-8 9-12 pk-12 pk-12 pk-12 pk-8 pk-12 pk-12 pk-12 pk-12
4,375 7,049 1,956 1,290 6,868 1,012 603 1,457 5,333 5,551 2,565 2,758 4,165 2,017 4,305
Belmont Brookline Carlisle Concord
$13,379 $19,819 $20,561 $20,086 $17,340 $23,093 $20,426 $15,193 $17,883 $19,297 $16,348 $18,726 $19,734 $24,972 $14,013
16
$13,844 $20,639 $19,638 $20,463 $21,291 $18,376 $25,024 $19,928 $15,471 $18,165 $19,864 $17,245 $18,945 $20,054 $25,949 $14,560
16
$15,691 $24,779 $20,750 $22,190 $21,407 $20,025 $26,812 $20,935 $16,071 $20,192 $22,499 $19,551 $20,279 $22,836 $29,320 $15,987
16
$16,479 $24,908 $21,955 $23,214 $23,059 $21,352 $29,477 $21,167 $17,154 $21,790 $23,571 $20,039 $20,986 $23,732 $29,286 $17,022
16
$17,253 $25,749 $23,446 $25,216 $24,518 $23,842 $30,274 $23,133 $19,294 $22,321 $24,393 $20,758 $21,735 $26,198 $29,581 $18,002
16
7 4 6 3 2 5
4 9 5 3 2 7
3 9 6 7 2 8
3 8 6 7
4 9 5 6 8 1
Concord Carlisle $21,141
Lexington
12
11
12
10
Lincoln
1
Lincoln Sudbury
11 14
10 14 11 13 12 7
Natick
14 11 13 10 9
14 12 13 10 8
14 11 13 10 5
Needham
9 5
11,904 Newton
Sudbury Wayland Wellesley Weston Winchester
13 12
8 1
6 1
4 1
4 2
3 2
15
15
15
15
15
State Average 12
$16,577
$16,958
$18,565
$19,699
$20,767
As this table indicates, the PPE for Wellesley is consistently in the top half of our comparable communities. These costs are driven by a competitive salary for all staff; reasonable class sizes; a broad range of course offerings to support all students; successful in-district special education programs across the age 3-22 continuum; and collaboration with the Town on joint services. The rank shown above is based on the table data not statewide data.
12 Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) web site.
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