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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
Amesbury
Amesbury, MA
- Students
- 1,817
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $24,739
+11.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.7% enrollment
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Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical
Andover, MA
- Students
- 1,774
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $31,091
+14.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +12.6% enrollment
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Fairhaven
Fairhaven, MA
- Students
- 1,759
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,103
+15.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.1% enrollment
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Tantasqua
Fiskdale, MA
- Students
- 1,759
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $18,951
-0.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.9% enrollment
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Monomoy Regional School District
Chatham, MA
- Students
- 1,746
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $27,536
+11.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment
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Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District
Hathorne, MA
- Students
- 1,745
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $23,661
-3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +23.5% enrollment
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Webster
Webster, MA
- Students
- 1,699
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $24,855
+20.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment
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Ayer Shirley School District
Ayer, MA
- Students
- 1,687
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $20,143
+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.5% enrollment
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Nantucket
Nantucket, MA
- Students
- 1,683
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $31,075
+7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.8% enrollment
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Littleton
Littleton, MA
- Students
- 1,674
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $20,627
+6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.3% enrollment
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Hamilton-Wenham
Wenham, MA
- Students
- 1,665
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $24,472
+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment
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Millbury
Millbury, MA
- Students
- 1,650
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $21,856
+3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.5% enrollment
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South Hadley
South Hadley, MA
- Students
- 1,644
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,119
+11.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.1% enrollment
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Northborough
Southborough, MA
- Students
- 1,634
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $22,589
-4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.0% enrollment
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Uxbridge
Uxbridge, MA
- Students
- 1,632
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,955
+8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment
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Ipswich
Ipswich, MA
- Students
- 1,604
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $27,216
+19.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.1% enrollment
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Somerset
Somerset, MA
- Students
- 1,597
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,641
+8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.8% enrollment
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Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical
South Easton, MA
- Students
- 1,597
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $25,974
-5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.6% enrollment
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Athol-Royalston
Athol, MA
- Students
- 1,596
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $21,049
+8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.8% enrollment
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Silver Lake
Kingston, MA
- Students
- 1,589
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $25,042
+10.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.5% enrollment
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Lunenburg
Lunenburg, MA
- Students
- 1,580
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $18,821
+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment
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Bourne
Bourne, MA
- Students
- 1,563
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $25,942
+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.2% enrollment
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Central Berkshire
Dalton, MA
- Students
- 1,561
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $21,946
+0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment
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Tyngsborough
Tyngsborough, MA
- Students
- 1,542
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $20,848
+4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment
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Masconomet
Boxford, MA
- Students
- 1,535
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $26,803
+14.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.0% enrollment
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Westport
Westport, MA
- Students
- 1,506
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $19,983
-4.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.7% enrollment
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Oxford
Oxford, MA
- Students
- 1,493
- Schools
- 4
- Spending / pupil
- $19,253
+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.9% enrollment
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Carver
Carver, MA
- Students
- 1,488
- Schools
- 2
- Spending / pupil
- $21,562
+8.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment
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Lincoln-Sudbury
Sudbury, MA
- Students
- 1,462
- Schools
- 1
- Spending / pupil
- $26,388
+0.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment
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Narragansett
Baldwinville, MA
- Students
- 1,453
- Schools
- 3
- Spending / pupil
- $18,187
+2.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.9% enrollment
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