U.S. school systems/Massachusetts
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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.

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2024 median spending / pupil$23,706Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+7.3%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+31.7%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-4.3%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems317 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024901,178859,112
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$26,532$23,638

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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Groton-Dunstable

Groton, MA

Students
2,305
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$23,002

+9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment

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Stoneham

Stoneham, MA

Students
2,289
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$22,611

+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.5% enrollment

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Ashburnham-Westminster

Ashburnham, MA

Students
2,264
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$16,906

-0.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment

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Ludlow

Ludlow, MA

Students
2,258
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$22,315

+3.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.0% enrollment

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Pentucket

West Newbury, MA

Students
2,225
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$21,232

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.7% enrollment

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Lynnfield

Lynnfield, MA

Students
2,186
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$20,458

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment

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Norwell

Norwell, MA

Students
2,171
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,543

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.0% enrollment

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Quabbin

Barre, MA

Students
2,168
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$20,660

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Newburyport

Newburyport, MA

Students
2,162
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,903

+6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Medway

Medway, MA

Students
2,159
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,851

-1.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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Triton

Byfield, MA

Students
2,155
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$25,748

+15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.0% enrollment

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Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical

New Bedford, MA

Students
2,147
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,155

+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Rockland

Rockland, MA

Students
2,140
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,893

+11.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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Abington

Abington, MA

Students
2,133
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,955

+3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.7% enrollment

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Sandwich

East Sandwich, MA

Students
2,129
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$28,326

+16.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.2% enrollment

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Belchertown

Belchertown, MA

Students
2,081
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,875

+1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.2% enrollment

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Swampscott

Swampscott, MA

Students
2,078
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,370

+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Mendon-Upton

Mendon, MA

Students
2,072
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$22,710

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.0% enrollment

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Seekonk

Seekonk, MA

Students
2,061
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$20,560

+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Swansea

Swansea, MA

Students
2,049
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$19,130

+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment

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Weston

Weston, MA

Students
2,036
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$32,226

-0.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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East Bridgewater

East Bridgewater, MA

Students
2,008
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$19,455

+17.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.8% enrollment

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Bellingham

Bellingham, MA

Students
1,990
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$23,840

+8.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.5% enrollment

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Clinton

Clinton, MA

Students
1,989
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,321

+13.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.1% enrollment

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Concord

Concord, MA

Students
1,971
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$29,709

+12.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment

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Winthrop

Winthrop, MA

Students
1,965
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,918

+13.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Wareham

Wareham, MA

Students
1,950
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$26,187

+1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Southbridge

Southbridge, MA

Students
1,885
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$25,729

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Northbridge

Whitinsville, MA

Students
1,865
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,749

+7.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.2% enrollment

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King Philip

Norfolk, MA

Students
1,849
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,068

+22.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.