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Massachusetts school systems.
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320school systems
1,741operating schools connected
862,765students in finance records
317complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?
Massachusetts school finance after inflation.
Follow a consistent set of 317 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.
School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.
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320 systems
Schools + finance trendsMA
North Attleborough
North Attleborough, MA
- Students
- 3,920
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $17,876
+1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment
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Melrose
Melrose, MA
- Students
- 3,892
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $17,627
+12.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment
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Westborough
Westborough, MA
- Students
- 3,887
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,832
+6.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment
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Reading
Reading, MA
- Students
- 3,850
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $21,137
+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment
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Salem
Salem, MA
- Students
- 3,811
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $27,232
+4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.5% enrollment
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Hingham
Hingham, MA
- Students
- 3,707
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,369
+19.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.6% enrollment
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Stoughton
Stoughton, MA
- Students
- 3,686
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $21,622
+7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.3% enrollment
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Marshfield
Marshfield, MA
- Students
- 3,672
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $21,364
+15.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.6% enrollment
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Walpole
Walpole, MA
- Students
- 3,633
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $21,083
-0.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment
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Norwood
Norwood, MA
- Students
- 3,545
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $23,706
+9.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.6% enrollment
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Dracut
Dracut, MA
- Students
- 3,543
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $17,150
+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment
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Burlington
Burlington, MA
- Students
- 3,525
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $27,508
+2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.2% enrollment
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Agawam
Feeding Hills, MA
- Students
- 3,504
- Schools
- 8
- Spending / pupil
- $22,433
+1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.5% enrollment
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Whitman-Hanson
Whitman, MA
- Students
- 3,483
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $19,382
+14.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.9% enrollment
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Sharon
Sharon, MA
- Students
- 3,436
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,609
+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment
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Dudley-Charlton Reg
Dudley, MA
- Students
- 3,432
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $18,893
+10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.7% enrollment
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Easton
North Easton, MA
- Students
- 3,401
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,073
+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.4% enrollment
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Mansfield
Mansfield, MA
- Students
- 3,371
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $23,832
+10.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.9% enrollment
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Wakefield
Wakefield, MA
- Students
- 3,365
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $22,529
+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth, MA
- Students
- 3,351
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $20,589
+11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment
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Canton
Canton, MA
- Students
- 3,277
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,883
+6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment
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Danvers
Danvers, MA
- Students
- 3,251
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $22,191
+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment
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Tewksbury
Tewksbury, MA
- Students
- 3,205
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $23,155
+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment
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Grafton
Grafton, MA
- Students
- 3,050
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $17,981
+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment
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Nashoba
Bolton, MA
- Students
- 3,031
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,648
+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment
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Middleborough
Middleborough, MA
- Students
- 2,998
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $21,021
+9.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.7% enrollment
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North Middlesex
Townsend, MA
- Students
- 2,994
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $21,001
+2.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.5% enrollment
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Dennis-Yarmouth
South Yarmouth, MA
- Students
- 2,941
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $26,504
+12.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment
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Ashland
Ashland, MA
- Students
- 2,903
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $18,902
+3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment
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Falmouth
East Falmouth, MA
- Students
- 2,892
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $27,723
+15.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.7% enrollment
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