Massachusetts Charter Schools

Final FY26 Charter School Tuition and Enrollment

During the 2025–2026 school year, Massachusetts' 67 Commonwealth charter schools served 46,198 full-time equivalent students, representing 47,469 individual students. Below you will find links to the final FY26 charter school tuition and reimbursement data files.

Tuition, FTE, and Rate Summaries

The data provided below reflects final, full-time equivalent enrollment across the entire school year as reported by each charter school this spring.

Rate Component Detail

The charter school tuition rate has three components. The facilities component is set by the legislature at $1,188 per pupil. The details for the other two components are provided below.

  • Foundation Budget is a spreadsheet containing the statutory foundation budgets for all applicable charter school sending districts. A drop-down menu allows the user to select the school, campus, and district.

  • FY26 Net School Spending Percentage Above Foundation Budget is a spreadsheet that provides the calculation used to determine the percentage of net school spending above foundation budget that is added to each sending district's tuition. Deductions for retired teacher's health insurance and out-of-district special education costs are shown in detail.


Questions regarding charter school tuition and reimbursements may be addressed to Kimberly Hunter in the Office of District and School Finance at (781) 338-6511 or kimberly.hunter2@mass.gov .

Last Updated: June 25, 2026

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