School Department
$212,582,416
proposed for FY2027 — +7.5% increase from $197,716,795 in FY2026
- Per resident
- $2,236
- Change in dollars
- +$14,865,621
- Share of general fund
- 44.0%
FY2027 Revised, as of July 24, 2026. Source: FY2027 Proposed Municipal Budget. How these numbers are sourced
How Fall River compares
Peer cities do not publish a school department figure on its own, so this compares education as a whole — the category School Department sits inside. Figures are general-fund only, so enterprise funds like water and sewer are excluded on every city.
- New Bedford $2,862
- Brockton $2,608
- Fall River $2,473
- Taunton $2,350
How this figure moved
This line has not changed across the 3 published FY2027 revisions on file.
FY2026 Revised, as of July 24, 2026(approx.). Source: FY2027 Proposed Municipal Budget .pdf (FY2026 Revised Budget column).