Fitchburg Public Schools
The single largest item in the whole city budget: everything it costs to run the Fitchburg Public Schools - teachers, staff, buildings, transportation, and supplies for every student in the district.
This rose to $90,563,395 this year, about 9% more than the $83,400,000 it was in FY2025. Put another way: this took up about 46.2% of the total city budget back in FY2016 - today it's 49.9%, meaning the city has made this a bigger priority than it used to be.
Computed from each fiscal year's own adopted budget figures below - see Methodology.
By Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Adopted Amount |
|---|---|
| FY2026 | $90,563,395 |
| FY2025 | $83,400,000 |
| FY2024 | $79,064,000 |
| FY2023 | $73,950,000 |
| FY2022 | $66,300,000 |
| FY2021 | $63,265,000 |
| FY2020 | $60,225,000 |
| FY2019 | $56,050,000 |
| FY2018 | $54,200,000 |
| FY2017 | $52,300,000 |
| FY2016 | $50,200,000 |
Who Runs It
The elected Fitchburg School Committee sets school policy and hires the Superintendent; the city is legally required to fund the schools at a level the state calculates as adequate (see State Aid — Education for how that number is set).
Governing law: M.G.L. c. 71 (Public Schools)