Wayland Patch 2/2/16: Wayland Per Pupil Spending Well Above State Average. When compared to nearby districts, Wayland falls in the middle. Wayland spends nearly $2,000 more per pupil than the average school district across the state. According to State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) data for the 2013-14 school year (the most recent available), Wayland spent $16,445 per student. That’s an increase of 1.7 percent from the prior year.

Across the 324 districts in the DESE data, Wayland’s per pupil costs rank #84.

The full breakdown of per pupil spending is available for download from the DESE website.