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Southeastern Mass. Educational Collaborative (SMEC)
10 member districts, as listed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, retrieved October 4, 2026. The state’s list
The member districts together
Every figure sums the member districts, with Massachusetts and the nation beside them.
| Measure | Members | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with IEPs, school age | 7,491 | 179,666 | 7,381,760 |
| Identification rate | 22.1% | 19.8% | 15.3% |
| In general education 80% or more of the day | 63.8% | 67.0% | 67.9% |
| In general education less than 40% of the day | 20.2% | 13.5% | 13.0% |
| In separate settings | 6.0% | 5.8% | 2.8% |
| School-age poverty (estimate) | 15.3% | 10.4% | 14.4% |
| Spending per student | $24,448 | $24,429 | $17,314 |
Where students learn
- In general education 80% or more of the day63.8%
- In general education 40% to 79% of the day7.8%
- In general education less than 40% of the day20.2%
- Separate school5.1%
- Residential facility0.3%
- Homebound or hospital0.7%
- Correctional facilityLess than 0.1%
- Parentally placed in private school2.7%
| Setting | Share | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| In general education 80% or more of the day | 63.8% | 67.0% | 67.9% |
| In general education 40% to 79% of the day | 7.8% | 12.3% | 15.2% |
| In general education less than 40% of the day | 20.2% | 13.5% | 13.0% |
| Separate school | 5.1% | 5.4% | 2.5% |
| Residential facility | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Homebound or hospital | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Correctional facility | Less than 0.1% | Less than 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Parentally placed in private school | 2.7% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
Member districts
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| AcushnetAcushnet · Regular school district | 920 | 145 | 15.8% | 77.2% | 13.8% | 6.2% | $17,993 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DartmouthDartmouth · Regular school district | 3,297 | 684 | 20.7% | 73.0% | 6.6% | 6.1% | $20,589 |
| FairhavenFairhaven · Regular school district | 1,727 | 307 | 17.8% | 75.6% | 11.7% | 7.7% | $19,103 |
| Fall RiverFall River · Regular school district | 11,089 | 2,780 | 25.1% | 55.8% | 28.7% | 18.8% | $25,560 |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational TechnicalNew Bedford · Regular school district | 2,151 | 278 | 12.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% | Not published | $28,155 |
| MarionMattapoisett · Regular school district | 369 | 88 | 23.8% | 83.0% | 0.0% | 6.2% | $25,059 |
| MattapoisettMattapoisett · Regular school district | 381 | 74 | 19.4% | 93.2% | 0.0% | 2.3% | $28,080 |
| New BedfordNew Bedford · Regular school district | 12,505 | 2,873 | 23.0% | 60.3% | 19.5% | 18.3% | $25,307 |
| Old RochesterMattapoisett · Regular school district | 1,050 | 185 | 17.6% | 86.5% | Not published | 3.6% | $23,351 |
| RochesterMattapoisett · Regular school district | 473 | 77 | 16.3% | 93.5% | Not published | 3.1% | $19,008 |
How these figures are built
Both parts. Rates use only the districts that reported both parts of the fraction. A district missing either part is left out of that rate, never counted as zero.
Not published. Not published means the publisher suppressed the figure to protect student privacy, did not report it, or the count is fewer than 10 students. It is never zero.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. IDEA Section 618 Part B Child Count (file specification 002), district level, 2024–25 school year. data.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. IDEA Section 618 Part B Educational Environments (file specification 089), district level, 2024–25 school year. data.ed.gov. Licensed CC BY. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Common Core of Data, district membership (final), 2024–25 school year. nces.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Common Core of Data, district directory (final), 2024–25 school year. nces.ed.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. SAIPE school district estimates, Income year 2024. www.census.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33). Public elementary-secondary education finance data, per-pupil spending by school system (table elsec24t), Fiscal year 2024 (the 2023–24 school year). www.census.gov. Public domain. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
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