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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Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School Distric

Charlton, MA

Students
1,193
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$23,487

-4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.5% enrollment

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Millis

Millis, MA

Students
1,186
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$23,699

+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment

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Berkshire Hills

Stockbridge, MA

Students
1,179
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$33,510

+18.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.0% enrollment

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Douglas

Douglas, MA

Students
1,160
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,618

+9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.5% enrollment

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Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical

Marlborough, MA

Students
1,130
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$28,841

+12.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.4% enrollment

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Ware

Ware, MA

Students
1,124
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,374

+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.5% enrollment

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Quaboag Regional

Warren, MA

Students
1,118
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$22,182

+16.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.2% enrollment

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Berlin-Boylston

Boylston, MA

Students
1,112
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,666

+6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +90.7% enrollment

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Dover-Sherborn

Dover, MA

Students
1,105
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,480

+3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.6% enrollment

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Hopedale

Hopedale, MA

Students
1,101
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$19,339

-6.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.3% enrollment

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Palmer

Palmer, MA

Students
1,085
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$24,494

+19.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.7% enrollment

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Norfolk

Norfolk, MA

Students
1,041
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,182

-5.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +8.1% enrollment

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Old Rochester

Mattapoisett, MA

Students
1,041
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$23,351

+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.1% enrollment

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Lincoln

Lincoln, MA

Students
1,033
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$33,791

+12.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.3% enrollment

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Harvard

Harvard, MA

Students
1,019
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$24,847

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment

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Amherst

Amherst, MA

Students
983
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$35,225

+13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.1% enrollment

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Wrentham

Wrentham, MA

Students
981
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$20,020

-13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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Hoosac Valley Regional

Adams, MA

Students
978
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$23,222

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.8% enrollment

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Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical

Franklin, MA

Students
964
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,668

+4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Somerset Berkley Regional School District

Somerset, MA

Students
960
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$20,982

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Acushnet

Acushnet, MA

Students
937
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,993

+6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.7% enrollment

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Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical

Canton, MA

Students
918
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$27,428

-10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.2% enrollment

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West Boylston

West Boylston, MA

Students
903
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,678

-3.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment

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Gill-Montague

Turners Falls, MA

Students
902
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$28,296

+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Sturbridge

Fiskdale, MA

Students
902
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$19,980

+1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment

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South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical

Framingham, MA

Students
871
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,209

+1.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.1% enrollment

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Berkley

Berkley, MA

Students
836
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,531

+4.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical

Bourne, MA

Students
826
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$26,804

-12.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +17.5% enrollment

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Monson

Monson, MA

Students
807
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$24,237

+7.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.0% enrollment

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Mohawk Trail

Shelburne Falls, MA

Students
806
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$29,406

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.8% 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.