Carlisle, Massachusetts
The Carlisle Schools by the Numbers
A snapshot of the Carlisle Public Schools, the town’s own kindergarten-through-grade-eight district of about 609 students. Detailed figures come from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
District Snapshot
Sources: Massachusetts DESE, school and district profiles.
High needs is a state count, not a score. It includes every student who is from a low income household, learning English, or receiving special education services, and counts each one only once. The median across all 396 Massachusetts districts is 46.7 percent.
District Overview
| District | Carlisle Public Schools (K-8) |
| Enrollment | 609 |
| Schools | 1 (the Carlisle School) |
| High school | Concord-Carlisle Regional (grades 9-12) |
Student Population
For the precise current breakdown, see the DESE district profile.
| Low income | 4.1% |
| High needs | 19.2% |
| Per-pupil spending (in-district) | $24,354.13 |
Academic Performance & Context
Because Carlisle runs a K-8 district, it reports no graduation rate of its own; its students graduate from Concord-Carlisle Regional High School, where about 96.8 percent of students finish within four years. MCAS results, enrollment, and accountability data are published and updated each year by DESE. Because these change annually, this guide links to the live state profile rather than reprinting numbers that quickly go stale.
Sources
MA DESE, Carlisle Student Profile (code 00510000). Accessed 2026.