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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
Westwood
Westwood, MA
- Students
- 2,881
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $26,842
+7.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment
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Gloucester
Gloucester, MA
- Students
- 2,862
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $25,392
+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.8% enrollment
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Hampden-Wilbraham
Wilbraham, MA
- Students
- 2,837
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,656
-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment
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Longmeadow
Longmeadow, MA
- Students
- 2,773
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,360
-2.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment
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Wilmington
Wilmington, MA
- Students
- 2,760
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $26,135
+15.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.7% enrollment
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Duxbury
Duxbury, MA
- Students
- 2,755
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,884
+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment
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Scituate
Scituate, MA
- Students
- 2,745
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $22,266
+10.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment
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Wayland
Wayland, MA
- Students
- 2,745
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $24,658
-1.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.9% enrollment
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Holliston
Holliston, MA
- Students
- 2,724
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,155
+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment
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Watertown
Watertown, MA
- Students
- 2,717
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $28,247
+0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment
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Freetown-Lakeville
Lakeville, MA
- Students
- 2,700
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $17,732
+2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.6% enrollment
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Dedham
Dedham, MA
- Students
- 2,699
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $27,471
+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment
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Randolph
Randolph, MA
- Students
- 2,685
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $27,048
+12.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.9% enrollment
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Marblehead
Marblehead, MA
- Students
- 2,617
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $23,212
+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.2% enrollment
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Saugus
Saugus, MA
- Students
- 2,610
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,871
-8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · 0.0% enrollment
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Hanover
Hanover, MA
- Students
- 2,602
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $18,742
-2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment
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Bedford
Bedford, MA
- Students
- 2,559
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $25,444
+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment
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Dighton-Rehoboth
North Dighton, MA
- Students
- 2,549
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $20,034
+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment
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Sudbury
Sudbury, MA
- Students
- 2,539
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $24,263
+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment
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East Longmeadow
East Longmeadow, MA
- Students
- 2,507
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $20,727
+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.5% enrollment
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Medfield
Medfield, MA
- Students
- 2,504
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $22,024
+3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.7% enrollment
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Auburn
Auburn, MA
- Students
- 2,499
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $18,820
+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.9% enrollment
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Northampton
Northampton, MA
- Students
- 2,495
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $23,711
+18.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.0% enrollment
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Foxborough
Foxborough, MA
- Students
- 2,485
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $23,542
+0.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.7% enrollment
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Gardner
Gardner, MA
- Students
- 2,472
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $18,857
+0.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.9% enrollment
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Pembroke
Pembroke, MA
- Students
- 2,417
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $20,819
+8.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.6% enrollment
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Norton
Norton, MA
- Students
- 2,406
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $20,573
+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment
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Hudson
Hudson, MA
- Students
- 2,340
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $25,550
+13.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.0% enrollment
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North Reading
North Reading, MA
- Students
- 2,317
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $21,965
+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.4% enrollment
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Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical
Tyngsborough, MA
- Students
- 2,314
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $27,628
+6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.6% enrollment
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