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Massachusetts School Districts
Public school districts and education agencies
- Districts and agencies
- 420
- Students
- 915,854
- Fall enrollment
- Spending per student
- $26,530
- Average of reporting districts
- Largest district
- Boston
- 46,094 students
Enrollment and school counts come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Spending comes from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of School System Finances, and child poverty from Census SAIPE model estimates. Per-pupil spending is current spending (salaries, benefits, supplies and services), not construction or debt, and is shown only for districts with at least 50 students.
Largest 200 districts
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| District | Students | Schools | Per student | Child poverty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 46,094 | 108 | $39,929 | 21.6% |
| Worcester | 24,778 | 47 | $24,492 | 17.0% |
| Springfield | 23,670 | 66 | $28,026 | 30.2% |
| Lynn | 16,364 | 27 | $24,970 | 18.3% |
| Brockton | 15,280 | 24 | $22,258 | 14.4% |
| Lowell | 14,457 | 27 | $23,881 | 18.6% |
| Lawrence | 13,313 | 26 | $25,802 | 22.4% |
| New Bedford | 12,505 | 24 | $25,307 | 18.3% |
| Newton | 11,632 | 22 | $28,219 | 3.9% |
| Fall River | 11,089 | 19 | $25,560 | 18.8% |
| Quincy | 9,769 | 19 | $22,317 | 10.5% |
| Framingham | 9,124 | 14 | $26,329 | 13.4% |
| Taunton | 8,311 | 13 | $20,128 | 12.5% |
| Haverhill | 7,940 | 16 | $21,048 | 13.6% |
| Everett | 7,307 | 10 | $22,177 | 17.1% |
| Revere | 7,261 | 11 | $22,476 | 16.8% |
| Cambridge | 7,027 | 17 | $40,789 | 11.2% |
| Brookline | 7,023 | 12 | $29,170 | 4.4% |
| Plymouth | 6,956 | 13 | $24,163 | 6.3% |
| Chicopee | 6,755 | 15 | $23,542 | 20.2% |
| Lexington | 6,748 | 10 | $29,148 | 3.7% |
| Wachusett | 6,557 | 13 | $18,540 | 2.4% |
| Methuen | 6,464 | 6 | $19,711 | 11.5% |
| Malden | 6,354 | 7 | $21,073 | 14.8% |
| Attleboro | 6,239 | 12 | $19,298 | 7.6% |
| Leominster | 6,193 | 13 | $19,579 | 10.1% |
| Arlington | 6,113 | 11 | $22,282 | 3.1% |
| Chelsea | 6,094 | 11 | $24,062 | 22.2% |
| Shrewsbury | 5,956 | 9 | $20,132 | 3.5% |
| Waltham | 5,777 | 11 | $28,352 | 12.2% |
| Peabody | 5,774 | 11 | $21,334 | 10.0% |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | 5,682 | 8 | $18,006 | 5.1% |
| Weymouth | 5,630 | 11 | $20,710 | 7.6% |
| Needham | 5,493 | 8 | $25,207 | 1.9% |
| Andover | 5,414 | 10 | $26,102 | 2.8% |
| Natick | 5,297 | 7 | $22,229 | 3.6% |
| Fitchburg | 5,234 | 8 | $22,461 | 15.6% |
| Braintree | 5,209 | 9 | $21,369 | 5.9% |
| Chelmsford | 5,068 | 8 | $18,805 | 5.0% |
| Acton-Boxborough | 5,055 | 9 | $22,114 | 3.7% |
| Billerica | 4,972 | 8 | $22,635 | 5.3% |
| Somerville | 4,952 | 11 | $30,512 | 11.4% |
| Pittsfield | 4,873 | 14 | $24,841 | 17.7% |
| Holyoke | 4,795 | 10 | $25,611 | 29.3% |
| Westfield | 4,772 | 12 | $20,104 | 14.4% |
| Marlborough | 4,728 | 7 | $22,236 | 13.8% |
| Barnstable | 4,680 | 9 | $24,994 | 14.0% |
| Franklin | 4,611 | 10 | $20,336 | 3.6% |
| Westford | 4,575 | 9 | $20,818 | 2.2% |
| Woburn | 4,520 | 10 | $24,695 | 10.1% |
| Milford | 4,512 | 6 | $22,914 | 10.7% |
| Beverly | 4,503 | 8 | $20,325 | 6.6% |
| Belmont | 4,448 | 7 | $20,051 | 3.9% |
| North Andover | 4,416 | 8 | $20,235 | 4.4% |
| Winchester | 4,391 | 7 | $20,708 | 2.7% |
| Milton | 4,367 | 6 | $21,611 | 2.6% |
| Hopkinton | 4,227 | 6 | $18,691 | 2.5% |
| Medford | 4,170 | 8 | $24,749 | 9.0% |
| West Springfield | 3,998 | 8 | $20,665 | 17.6% |
| Wellesley | 3,986 | 9 | $31,194 | 2.2% |
| North Attleborough | 3,877 | 8 | $17,876 | 5.1% |
| Reading | 3,836 | 9 | $21,137 | 2.5% |
| Salem | 3,831 | 11 | $27,232 | 14.2% |
| Westborough | 3,831 | 6 | $22,832 | 3.6% |
| Melrose | 3,815 | 8 | $17,627 | 3.7% |
| Stoughton | 3,759 | 8 | $21,622 | 9.2% |
| Marshfield | 3,637 | 8 | $21,364 | 3.3% |
| Hingham | 3,616 | 6 | $22,369 | 1.8% |
| Norwood | 3,575 | 9 | $23,706 | 7.9% |
| Walpole | 3,565 | 7 | $21,083 | 3.1% |
| Burlington | 3,510 | 6 | $27,508 | 4.9% |
| Dracut | 3,491 | 6 | $17,150 | 7.6% |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | 3,476 | 7 | $18,893 | 6.0% |
| Sharon | 3,468 | 6 | $22,609 | 3.5% |
| Agawam | 3,461 | 8 | $22,433 | 13.1% |
| Whitman-Hanson | 3,457 | 7 | $19,382 | 5.3% |
| Wakefield | 3,382 | 7 | $22,529 | 3.1% |
| Easton | 3,360 | 4 | $19,073 | 3.0% |
| Canton | 3,314 | 6 | $22,883 | 4.8% |
| Dartmouth | 3,297 | 6 | $20,589 | 6.1% |
| Mansfield | 3,283 | 5 | $23,832 | 4.3% |
| Danvers | 3,238 | 7 | $22,191 | 6.8% |
| Tewksbury | 3,219 | 6 | $23,155 | 5.4% |
| Grafton | 3,089 | 6 | $17,981 | 2.6% |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | 3,054 | 6 | $26,504 | 14.3% |
| Nashoba | 2,990 | 6 | $22,648 | 2.4% |
| TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District | 2,969 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| North Middlesex | 2,914 | 7 | $21,001 | 6.4% |
| Ashland | 2,909 | 5 | $18,902 | 5.0% |
| Hampden-Wilbraham | 2,881 | 6 | $19,656 | 5.2% |
| Randolph | 2,875 | 6 | $27,048 | 11.8% |
| Middleborough | 2,870 | 5 | $21,021 | 7.0% |
| Falmouth | 2,866 | 7 | $27,723 | 9.9% |
| Watertown | 2,844 | 5 | $28,247 | 9.2% |
| Westwood | 2,842 | 7 | $26,842 | 1.8% |
| Gloucester | 2,838 | 7 | $25,392 | 10.2% |
| Longmeadow | 2,764 | 6 | $19,360 | 3.8% |
| Wilmington | 2,756 | 7 | $26,135 | 4.0% |
| Scituate | 2,744 | 6 | $22,266 | 2.1% |
| Wayland | 2,701 | 6 | $24,658 | 2.2% |
| Duxbury | 2,694 | 4 | $21,884 | 2.6% |
| Holliston | 2,689 | 4 | $19,155 | 2.4% |
| Saugus | 2,675 | 4 | $19,871 | 8.2% |
| Dedham | 2,668 | 7 | $27,471 | 6.4% |
| Freetown-Lakeville | 2,603 | 5 | $17,732 | 4.1% |
| Marblehead | 2,564 | 5 | $23,212 | 2.8% |
| Hanover | 2,550 | 4 | $18,742 | 2.1% |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | 2,541 | 5 | $20,034 | 4.6% |
| Gardner | 2,532 | 4 | $18,857 | 12.8% |
| Sudbury | 2,529 | 5 | $24,263 | 2.2% |
| Bedford | 2,513 | 4 | $25,444 | 4.2% |
| Auburn | 2,506 | 5 | $18,820 | 4.6% |
| Foxborough | 2,504 | 5 | $23,542 | 5.8% |
| Northampton | 2,496 | 6 | $23,711 | 9.8% |
| Medfield | 2,478 | 5 | $22,024 | 1.6% |
| East Longmeadow | 2,442 | 5 | $20,727 | 5.6% |
| Pembroke | 2,367 | 5 | $20,819 | 2.8% |
| Norton | 2,346 | 5 | $20,573 | 5.5% |
| Stoneham | 2,338 | 6 | $22,611 | 6.4% |
| North Reading | 2,327 | 5 | $21,965 | 2.4% |
| Hudson | 2,322 | 5 | $25,550 | 7.7% |
| Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical | 2,314 | 1 | $27,628 | Not reported |
| Groton-Dunstable | 2,300 | 5 | $23,002 | 2.1% |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | 2,255 | 5 | $16,906 | 3.5% |
| Pentucket | 2,238 | 6 | $21,232 | 3.6% |
| Brooke Charter School (District) | 2,216 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ludlow | 2,210 | 4 | $22,315 | 9.6% |
| Norwell | 2,194 | 4 | $20,543 | 1.8% |
| Lynnfield | 2,178 | 5 | $20,458 | 2.8% |
| Medway | 2,158 | 4 | $19,851 | 3.1% |
| Rockland | 2,158 | 4 | $23,893 | 10.1% |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical | 2,151 | 1 | $28,155 | Not reported |
| Abington | 2,143 | 5 | $18,955 | 5.4% |
| Sandwich | 2,118 | 3 | $28,326 | 4.2% |
| Quabbin | 2,111 | 7 | $20,660 | 4.8% |
| Newburyport | 2,107 | 4 | $23,903 | 3.5% |
| Swampscott | 2,094 | 3 | $22,370 | 4.6% |
| Triton | 2,074 | 5 | $25,748 | 6.2% |
| Mendon-Upton | 2,072 | 4 | $22,710 | 2.5% |
| Weston | 2,063 | 5 | $32,226 | 3.6% |
| Belchertown | 2,043 | 5 | $18,875 | 7.4% |
| Seekonk | 2,032 | 5 | $20,560 | 4.7% |
| Clinton | 2,025 | 3 | $20,321 | 9.4% |
| Bellingham | 2,020 | 5 | $23,840 | 5.2% |
| East Bridgewater | 2,013 | 3 | $19,455 | 5.1% |
| Swansea | 1,991 | 6 | $19,130 | 5.4% |
| Winthrop | 1,961 | 4 | $19,918 | 8.7% |
| Wareham | 1,916 | 4 | $26,187 | 11.7% |
| Concord | 1,914 | 4 | $29,709 | 3.7% |
| Northbridge | 1,838 | 3 | $20,749 | 6.2% |
| Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical | 1,837 | 1 | $31,091 | Not reported |
| Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District | 1,830 | 1 | $23,661 | Not reported |
| Southbridge | 1,828 | 6 | $25,729 | 15.1% |
| King Philip | 1,820 | 2 | $23,068 | 3.5% |
| Amesbury | 1,793 | 5 | $24,739 | 6.4% |
| Tantasqua | 1,750 | 3 | $18,951 | 5.4% |
| Monomoy Regional School District | 1,728 | 4 | $27,536 | 7.5% |
| Fairhaven | 1,727 | 4 | $19,103 | 7.7% |
| Ayer Shirley School District | 1,723 | 4 | $20,143 | 6.7% |
| Nantucket | 1,719 | 4 | $31,075 | 6.1% |
| Webster | 1,712 | 3 | $24,855 | 13.4% |
| Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District) | 1,698 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Hamilton-Wenham | 1,669 | 5 | $24,472 | 2.9% |
| Silver Lake | 1,661 | 3 | $25,042 | 4.7% |
| Littleton | 1,655 | 4 | $20,627 | 2.5% |
| KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District) | 1,637 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Millbury | 1,631 | 3 | $21,856 | 6.1% |
| Uxbridge | 1,623 | 4 | $21,955 | 4.1% |
| Somerset | 1,620 | 4 | $21,641 | 5.6% |
| South Hadley | 1,620 | 4 | $21,119 | 9.7% |
| Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical | 1,618 | 1 | $25,974 | Not reported |
| Athol-Royalston | 1,604 | 4 | $21,049 | 12.1% |
| Northborough | 1,567 | 5 | $22,589 | 3.0% |
| Ipswich | 1,563 | 4 | $27,216 | 4.2% |
| Lunenburg | 1,563 | 5 | $18,821 | 4.4% |
| Central Berkshire | 1,537 | 5 | $21,946 | 8.6% |
| Bourne | 1,519 | 4 | $25,942 | 6.5% |
| Tyngsborough | 1,515 | 3 | $20,848 | 4.8% |
| Westport | 1,515 | 3 | $19,983 | 6.4% |
| Springfield International Charter (District) | 1,511 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Blackstone-Millville | 1,480 | 5 | $20,011 | 7.3% |
| Masconomet | 1,477 | 2 | $26,803 | 2.2% |
| Carver | 1,476 | 2 | $21,562 | 6.4% |
| Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical | 1,463 | 1 | $25,675 | Not reported |
| Foxborough Regional Charter (District) | 1,459 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Oxford | 1,458 | 4 | $19,253 | 7.6% |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | 1,445 | 1 | $26,388 | 2.1% |
| Narragansett | 1,439 | 3 | $18,187 | 7.8% |
| Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District) | 1,426 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | 1,417 | 1 | $24,702 | Not reported |
| Spencer-E Brookfield | 1,398 | 4 | $20,562 | 8.6% |
| Cohasset | 1,397 | 4 | $24,397 | 1.7% |
| Mashpee | 1,386 | 3 | $26,938 | 11.6% |
| Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical | 1,381 | 1 | $27,246 | Not reported |
| Excel Academy Charter (District) | 1,379 | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Greenfield | 1,370 | 6 | $25,342 | 16.1% |
| Easthampton | 1,368 | 2 | $18,810 | 10.9% |
| West Bridgewater | 1,357 | 4 | $17,015 | 5.9% |
| Holbrook | 1,350 | 2 | $18,714 | 6.8% |
| Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical | 1,335 | 1 | $26,098 | Not reported |
Frequently asked questions
- What are the largest school districts in Massachusetts?
- Boston (46,094 students), Worcester (24,778 students), Springfield (23,670 students) have the most students in the latest NCES count.
- How much does Massachusetts spend per student?
- Districts in Massachusetts that report finance data spent an average of $26,530 per student on current operations, weighted by enrollment.
- What does per-pupil spending include?
- It is current spending for elementary and secondary education divided by fall enrollment, as published by the Census Bureau. It includes instruction, support services such as transportation and administration, and other day-to-day costs. It leaves out capital outlay for buildings and interest on debt.
- Why do some districts have no spending or poverty figures?
- Charter districts, education service agencies and other special agencies often do not report finance data separately, and Census SAIPE estimates child poverty only for geographic school districts. Values are also hidden for districts with fewer than 50 students, where a per-pupil figure can swing widely.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and SAIPE · Last updated 10/22/2026
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