School districts in Massachusetts ranked by poverty-rate for school aged children
The United States Census Bureau has released data that does the kind of cross-source referencing that the Bureau usually warns again. The table below shows the school districts in Massachusetts ranked by poverty rate (as calculated by me, dividing the number of students who live in households below the federal poverty line by the total number of students in the district. The table shows the name of the district, which usually is a city or town but sometimes a regional school, the total population of the district, the school aged population of the district (ie children aged 5-17), the number of said children who live in poor households and finally the poverty rate for the school-aged children in the district.
The population number (column “Population”) is the revised estimate for 2007 [update: actually, it doesn't quite match the revised population number nor does it match the original 2007 population estimate so I'm not quite sure what the population number is] while the school-aged populations (overall and poor) (”Students”) are based on estimates from the 2007 American Community Survey. The ACS results can vary quite a bit from year to year for small towns so some of the poverty rates can seem a bit high (I’m mostly surprised by Winthrop, which has a poverty rate roughly three times that of that in the 2000 population count, either because of rapidly changing demographics or because of the variance I mentioned).
Keep in mind that the school-aged population doesn’t exactly match the the actual student population for a number of reasons:
1) Not all school-aged children go to a public school district.
2) Some students are 18 or 19-years old and thus not included in the school-aged population used here.
3) Some students attend school districts other than the one they live in.
For example, while Boston is believed to have some 82,000 school-aged children the city’s public school district has only about 57,000 students.
Still, if you are looking to buy a house in Massachusetts you can use the table as a one of the data points to take into consideration when deciding where to buy.
If you are looking for a specific school district simply use your browser’s Find function (e.g. Ctrl-F on FireFox on Windows).
(I set up a page on GBNX where you can sort the school districts by column. Update: You can now sort public school districts in all states on that page.)
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westwood | 14,217 | 2,811 | 51 | 1.81% |
| 2 | Wayland | 13,163 | 2,785 | 51 | 1.83% |
| 3 | Medfield | 12,360 | 3,068 | 61 | 1.99% |
| 4 | Westford | 20,853 | 4,696 | 95 | 2.02% |
| 5 | Hopkinton | 13,410 | 3,053 | 63 | 2.06% |
| 6 | Needham | 28,680 | 5,400 | 113 | 2.09% |
| 7 | Edgartown | 3,905 | 377 | 8 | 2.12% |
| 8 | Southborough | 9,148 | 1,541 | 34 | 2.21% |
| 9 | Sudbury | 16,922 | 3,018 | 67 | 2.22% |
| 10 | Sherborn | 4,220 | 515 | 12 | 2.33% |
| 11 | Norfolk | 10,534 | 1,282 | 30 | 2.34% |
| 12 | Reading | 23,823 | 4,471 | 106 | 2.37% |
| 13 | Carlisle | 4,740 | 829 | 20 | 2.41% |
| 14 | Duxbury | 14,773 | 3,087 | 75 | 2.43% |
| 15 | Richmond | 1,543 | 163 | 4 | 2.45% |
| 16 | Concord-Carlisle | 21,814 | 1,085 | 27 | 2.49% |
| 17 | Wellesley | 27,237 | 4,705 | 118 | 2.51% |
| 18 | Lincoln-Sudbury | 25,016 | 1,266 | 32 | 2.53% |
| 19 | Acton | 20,428 | 2,675 | 69 | 2.58% |
| 20 | Holliston | 13,867 | 3,079 | 80 | 2.6% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 21 | Acton-Boxborough | 25,320 | 2,151 | 56 | 2.6% |
| 22 | Bedford | 12,655 | 2,101 | 55 | 2.62% |
| 23 | Groton-Dunstable | 12,435 | 2,886 | 76 | 2.63% |
| 24 | Dover | 5,597 | 718 | 19 | 2.65% |
| 25 | Nauset-Providencetown In Truro (7-12) | 2,084 | 108 | 3 | 2.78% |
| 26 | Franklin | 29,769 | 6,167 | 175 | 2.84% |
| 27 | Hingham | 20,615 | 3,873 | 110 | 2.84% |
| 28 | Lincoln | 8,095 | 1,334 | 38 | 2.85% |
| 29 | Norwell | 10,125 | 2,007 | 58 | 2.89% |
| 30 | Dover-Sherborn | 9,817 | 1,102 | 32 | 2.9% |
| 31 | Topsfield | 6,223 | 791 | 23 | 2.91% |
| 32 | Lexington | 30,500 | 6,192 | 181 | 2.92% |
| 33 | North Reading | 13,903 | 2,707 | 80 | 2.96% |
| 34 | Scituate | 18,522 | 3,293 | 99 | 3.01% |
| 35 | Northboro-Southboro | 23,748 | 1,064 | 32 | 3.01% |
| 36 | Concord | 17,074 | 2,418 | 73 | 3.02% |
| 37 | Medway | 12,536 | 2,887 | 88 | 3.05% |
| 38 | Weston | 11,524 | 2,389 | 73 | 3.06% |
| 39 | Winchester | 20,910 | 3,763 | 115 | 3.06% |
| 40 | Longmeadow | 15,691 | 2,961 | 91 | 3.07% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 41 | Plympton | 2,734 | 324 | 10 | 3.09% |
| 42 | Walpole | 22,986 | 4,339 | 135 | 3.11% |
| 43 | King Philip | 28,900 | 2,172 | 68 | 3.13% |
| 44 | Chelmsford | 33,774 | 6,109 | 192 | 3.14% |
| 45 | Northborough | 14,599 | 2,314 | 73 | 3.15% |
| 46 | Littleton | 8,223 | 1,528 | 49 | 3.21% |
| 47 | Nashoba | 16,901 | 3,255 | 106 | 3.26% |
| 48 | Up-Island Regional | 3,775 | 428 | 14 | 3.27% |
| 49 | Wachusett | 38,517 | 7,587 | 249 | 3.28% |
| 50 | Boxford | 8,027 | 1,121 | 37 | 3.3% |
| 51 | Pelham | 1,411 | 119 | 4 | 3.36% |
| 52 | Cohasset | 7,312 | 1,487 | 50 | 3.36% |
| 53 | Westborough | 18,750 | 3,710 | 125 | 3.37% |
| 54 | Wakefield | 24,923 | 3,961 | 136 | 3.43% |
| 55 | Harvard | 6,231 | 1,215 | 42 | 3.46% |
| 56 | Hanover | 13,649 | 2,796 | 98 | 3.51% |
| 57 | Masconomet | 22,098 | 1,750 | 64 | 3.66% |
| 58 | Wilmington | 21,465 | 4,130 | 151 | 3.66% |
| 59 | Sharon | 17,531 | 4,023 | 148 | 3.68% |
| 60 | Granville | 1,529 | 216 | 8 | 3.7% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 61 | Burlington | 22,986 | 3,768 | 141 | 3.74% |
| 62 | Shrewsbury | 32,964 | 5,481 | 205 | 3.74% |
| 63 | Natick | 32,324 | 4,965 | 188 | 3.79% |
| 64 | Conway | 1,811 | 158 | 6 | 3.8% |
| 65 | Mansfield | 22,764 | 4,630 | 176 | 3.8% |
| 66 | Mendon-Upton | 11,476 | 2,184 | 83 | 3.8% |
| 67 | Mattapoisett | 6,499 | 630 | 24 | 3.81% |
| 68 | East Bridgewater | 13,452 | 2,588 | 102 | 3.94% |
| 69 | Belmont | 24,310 | 4,018 | 159 | 3.96% |
| 70 | Easton | 22,647 | 3,794 | 151 | 3.98% |
| 71 | Southampton | 5,419 | 528 | 21 | 3.98% |
| 72 | Rochester | 4,750 | 526 | 21 | 3.99% |
| 73 | West Bridgewater | 6,879 | 1,074 | 43 | 4% |
| 74 | Milton | 26,246 | 5,062 | 204 | 4.03% |
| 75 | Boxborough | 4,891 | 713 | 29 | 4.07% |
| 76 | Arlington | 42,592 | 5,153 | 210 | 4.08% |
| 77 | Ashland | 14,744 | 2,520 | 103 | 4.09% |
| 78 | Foxborough | 16,361 | 3,168 | 130 | 4.1% |
| 79 | West Boylston | 7,794 | 1,240 | 51 | 4.11% |
| 80 | Grafton | 15,517 | 2,678 | 110 | 4.11% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 81 | Whately | 1,564 | 121 | 5 | 4.13% |
| 82 | Bridgewater-Raynham | 38,036 | 6,159 | 260 | 4.22% |
| 83 | Andover | 32,402 | 6,672 | 282 | 4.23% |
| 84 | Nantucket | 10,531 | 1,419 | 60 | 4.23% |
| 85 | Millis | 7,958 | 1,465 | 62 | 4.23% |
| 86 | Berlin-Boylston | 6,655 | 448 | 19 | 4.24% |
| 87 | Canton | 20,922 | 3,573 | 152 | 4.25% |
| 88 | Plainville | 7,737 | 869 | 37 | 4.26% |
| 89 | Newton | 84,232 | 13,233 | 564 | 4.26% |
| 90 | Berkley | 5,839 | 934 | 40 | 4.28% |
| 91 | Lynnfield | 11,696 | 2,050 | 88 | 4.29% |
| 92 | Lanesborough | 3,119 | 279 | 12 | 4.3% |
| 93 | Westhampton | 1,477 | 139 | 6 | 4.32% |
| 94 | Tewksbury | 28,989 | 5,125 | 222 | 4.33% |
| 95 | Boylston | 4,176 | 437 | 19 | 4.35% |
| 96 | Hamilton-Wenham | 13,145 | 2,360 | 103 | 4.36% |
| 97 | Brewster | 10,093 | 708 | 31 | 4.38% |
| 98 | Sutton | 8,595 | 1,753 | 77 | 4.39% |
| 99 | Georgetown | 7,476 | 1,430 | 63 | 4.41% |
| 100 | Abington | 15,144 | 2,621 | 116 | 4.43% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 101 | Bellingham | 15,422 | 3,021 | 134 | 4.44% |
| 102 | Lakeville | 10,183 | 809 | 36 | 4.45% |
| 103 | Halifax | 7,777 | 779 | 35 | 4.49% |
| 104 | Hopedale | 6,154 | 1,090 | 49 | 4.5% |
| 105 | North Middlesex | 23,296 | 5,261 | 238 | 4.52% |
| 106 | Old Rochester | 16,561 | 1,256 | 57 | 4.54% |
| 107 | Quabbin | 14,840 | 3,184 | 145 | 4.55% |
| 108 | Petersham | 1,229 | 110 | 5 | 4.55% |
| 109 | Seekonk | 13,635 | 2,509 | 115 | 4.58% |
| 110 | Sandwich | 20,131 | 3,811 | 176 | 4.62% |
| 111 | North Attleborough | 27,567 | 5,066 | 234 | 4.62% |
| 112 | Melrose | 27,264 | 4,104 | 190 | 4.63% |
| 113 | Douglas | 7,340 | 1,465 | 68 | 4.64% |
| 114 | Billerica | 39,168 | 7,248 | 346 | 4.77% |
| 115 | Silver Lake | 22,725 | 1,636 | 78 | 4.77% |
| 116 | Tyngsborough | 11,134 | 2,342 | 112 | 4.78% |
| 117 | Carver | 11,575 | 2,230 | 107 | 4.8% |
| 118 | Nauset | 24,633 | 1,699 | 82 | 4.83% |
| 119 | Pentucket | 16,543 | 3,470 | 168 | 4.84% |
| 120 | Berlin | 2,480 | 244 | 12 | 4.92% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 121 | Freetown-Lakeville | 18,787 | 2,033 | 100 | 4.92% |
| 122 | Middleton | 7,848 | 770 | 38 | 4.94% |
| 123 | Whitman-Hanson | 24,239 | 4,583 | 227 | 4.95% |
| 124 | Ashburnham-Westminster | 12,974 | 2,638 | 132 | 5% |
| 125 | Somerset | 24,358 | 3,083 | 155 | 5.03% |
| 126 | Brookline | 57,509 | 6,838 | 344 | 5.03% |
| 127 | Freetown | 8,604 | 573 | 29 | 5.06% |
| 128 | Braintree | 34,067 | 5,493 | 278 | 5.06% |
| 129 | Chesterfield-Goshen | 2,134 | 178 | 9 | 5.06% |
| 130 | Dudley-Charlton Reg | 22,190 | 4,342 | 222 | 5.11% |
| 131 | Williamstown | 8,102 | 450 | 23 | 5.11% |
| 132 | Leverett | 1,700 | 135 | 7 | 5.19% |
| 133 | Pembroke | 17,551 | 3,369 | 176 | 5.22% |
| 134 | Hatfield | 3,267 | 437 | 23 | 5.26% |
| 135 | North Andover | 26,829 | 4,820 | 255 | 5.29% |
| 136 | Marshfield | 25,221 | 4,557 | 244 | 5.35% |
| 137 | Swampscott | 18,286 | 2,653 | 142 | 5.35% |
| 138 | Stoneham | 22,325 | 3,326 | 179 | 5.38% |
| 139 | Danvers | 25,330 | 4,281 | 236 | 5.51% |
| 140 | Berkshire Hills | 10,789 | 1,576 | 88 | 5.58% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 141 | Eastham | 5,452 | 303 | 17 | 5.61% |
| 142 | Shirley | 7,652 | 762 | 43 | 5.64% |
| 143 | Granby | 6,168 | 1,025 | 58 | 5.66% |
| 144 | Hampden-Wilbraham | 18,713 | 3,631 | 206 | 5.67% |
| 145 | Uxbridge | 11,623 | 2,306 | 131 | 5.68% |
| 146 | Hampshire | 11,471 | 789 | 45 | 5.7% |
| 147 | Wrentham | 10,629 | 1,324 | 76 | 5.74% |
| 148 | Hudson | 18,200 | 3,113 | 179 | 5.75% |
| 149 | Dighton-Rehoboth | 16,602 | 3,158 | 182 | 5.76% |
| 150 | Norton | 18,318 | 3,246 | 187 | 5.76% |
| 151 | Plymouth | 53,608 | 9,485 | 549 | 5.79% |
| 152 | Frontier | 11,910 | 700 | 41 | 5.86% |
| 153 | Dedham | 23,630 | 3,759 | 221 | 5.88% |
| 154 | Maynard | 10,483 | 1,683 | 99 | 5.88% |
| 155 | Hancock | 692 | 68 | 4 | 5.88% |
| 156 | Dracut | 28,699 | 5,285 | 313 | 5.92% |
| 157 | Leicester | 10,909 | 2,047 | 122 | 5.96% |
| 158 | Marblehead | 20,650 | 3,368 | 203 | 6.03% |
| 159 | Williamsburg | 2,441 | 199 | 12 | 6.03% |
| 160 | Marion | 5,312 | 571 | 35 | 6.13% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 161 | Manchester Essex Regional School District | 8,609 | 1,545 | 95 | 6.15% |
| 162 | Auburn | 16,566 | 2,697 | 167 | 6.19% |
| 163 | Swansea | 16,149 | 2,641 | 164 | 6.21% |
| 164 | East Longmeadow | 14,152 | 2,485 | 156 | 6.28% |
| 165 | Brookfield | 3,179 | 317 | 20 | 6.31% |
| 166 | Blackstone-Millville | 12,010 | 2,447 | 155 | 6.33% |
| 167 | Mount Greylock | 11,221 | 627 | 40 | 6.38% |
| 168 | Kingston | 12,214 | 1,328 | 85 | 6.4% |
| 169 | Central Berkshire | 13,256 | 2,342 | 151 | 6.45% |
| 170 | Fairhaven-New Bedford In Acushnet (9-12) | 10,320 | 510 | 33 | 6.47% |
| 171 | Lee | 6,093 | 893 | 58 | 6.49% |
| 172 | Ayer-Lundenburg In Shirley (9-12) | 7,652 | 228 | 15 | 6.58% |
| 173 | Dartmouth | 31,145 | 4,647 | 306 | 6.58% |
| 174 | Acushnet | 10,320 | 1,259 | 83 | 6.59% |
| 175 | Norwood | 28,789 | 4,226 | 279 | 6.6% |
| 176 | Westport | 14,404 | 2,297 | 153 | 6.66% |
| 177 | Lunenburg | 9,794 | 1,824 | 122 | 6.69% |
| 178 | Southern Berkshire | 7,347 | 1,089 | 73 | 6.7% |
| 179 | Rockland | 18,322 | 3,253 | 221 | 6.79% |
| 180 | Holbrook | 10,861 | 1,830 | 126 | 6.89% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 181 | Sunderland | 3,781 | 246 | 17 | 6.91% |
| 182 | Weymouth | 54,370 | 8,388 | 585 | 6.97% |
| 183 | Pioneer Valley | 6,634 | 1,067 | 75 | 7.03% |
| 184 | Southwick-Tolland | 10,822 | 1,793 | 126 | 7.03% |
| 185 | Newburyport | 17,419 | 2,481 | 175 | 7.05% |
| 186 | Northbridge | 13,734 | 2,580 | 183 | 7.09% |
| 187 | Deerfield | 4,754 | 365 | 26 | 7.12% |
| 188 | Belchertown | 13,044 | 2,229 | 159 | 7.13% |
| 189 | Middleborough | 20,676 | 3,968 | 286 | 7.21% |
| 190 | Mashpee | 12,943 | 2,111 | 153 | 7.25% |
| 191 | Quaboag Regional | 8,939 | 1,638 | 119 | 7.26% |
| 192 | Nahant | 3,681 | 275 | 20 | 7.27% |
| 193 | Chatham | 6,625 | 596 | 44 | 7.38% |
| 194 | Woburn | 37,435 | 5,639 | 418 | 7.41% |
| 195 | Rockport | 7,871 | 1,240 | 92 | 7.42% |
| 196 | Spencer-E Brookfield | 14,365 | 2,476 | 185 | 7.47% |
| 197 | Ayer | 7,322 | 1,219 | 92 | 7.55% |
| 198 | South Hadley | 17,301 | 2,182 | 165 | 7.56% |
| 199 | Hadley | 4,821 | 620 | 47 | 7.58% |
| 200 | Stoughton | 27,341 | 4,553 | 345 | 7.58% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 201 | Millbury | 13,319 | 2,142 | 163 | 7.61% |
| 202 | Beverly | 40,395 | 5,917 | 461 | 7.79% |
| 203 | Farmington River Regional | 2,105 | 308 | 24 | 7.79% |
| 204 | Amesbury | 16,672 | 3,071 | 241 | 7.85% |
| 205 | Waltham | 59,510 | 6,294 | 500 | 7.94% |
| 206 | Sturbridge | 8,165 | 838 | 67 | 8% |
| 207 | Attleboro | 42,725 | 7,344 | 603 | 8.21% |
| 208 | Brimfield | 3,351 | 356 | 30 | 8.43% |
| 209 | Milford | 27,838 | 4,588 | 391 | 8.52% |
| 210 | Narragansett | 8,774 | 1,654 | 141 | 8.52% |
| 211 | Tantasqua | 18,855 | 1,566 | 134 | 8.56% |
| 212 | Shutesbury | 1,808 | 181 | 16 | 8.84% |
| 213 | Triton | 20,312 | 3,732 | 331 | 8.87% |
| 214 | Orleans | 6,339 | 290 | 26 | 8.97% |
| 215 | Rowe | 351 | 22 | 2 | 9.09% |
| 216 | Medford | 55,904 | 7,195 | 657 | 9.13% |
| 217 | Monson | 8,390 | 1,457 | 133 | 9.13% |
| 218 | Hull | 11,457 | 1,740 | 159 | 9.14% |
| 219 | Peabody | 48,773 | 7,609 | 697 | 9.16% |
| 220 | Wales | 1,743 | 162 | 15 | 9.26% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 221 | Gateway | 8,860 | 1,551 | 144 | 9.28% |
| 222 | North Brookfield | 4,879 | 989 | 92 | 9.3% |
| 223 | Harwich | 12,383 | 1,529 | 143 | 9.35% |
| 224 | Randolph | 31,182 | 5,327 | 500 | 9.39% |
| 225 | Saugus | 26,427 | 3,892 | 368 | 9.46% |
| 226 | Winchendon | 10,013 | 2,159 | 205 | 9.5% |
| 227 | Ipswich | 13,161 | 2,156 | 205 | 9.51% |
| 228 | Northampton | 29,148 | 3,134 | 302 | 9.64% |
| 229 | Framingham | 67,230 | 9,879 | 956 | 9.68% |
| 230 | Falmouth | 32,652 | 4,605 | 449 | 9.75% |
| 231 | Marlborough | 36,429 | 5,800 | 567 | 9.78% |
| 232 | Lenox | 4,883 | 734 | 73 | 9.95% |
| 233 | Watertown | 33,144 | 3,083 | 307 | 9.96% |
| 234 | Fairhaven | 16,411 | 2,611 | 260 | 9.96% |
| 235 | Amherst-Pelham | 39,997 | 1,774 | 177 | 9.98% |
| 236 | Erving | 1,468 | 119 | 12 | 10.08% |
| 237 | Mohawk Trail | 11,114 | 1,585 | 161 | 10.16% |
| 238 | Amherst | 35,078 | 1,546 | 158 | 10.22% |
| 239 | Truro | 2,084 | 146 | 15 | 10.27% |
| 240 | Dennis-Yarmouth | 40,770 | 4,586 | 474 | 10.34% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 241 | Savoy | 678 | 58 | 6 | 10.34% |
| 242 | Cambridge | 101,840 | 9,199 | 955 | 10.38% |
| 243 | Marthas Vineyard | 15,396 | 596 | 62 | 10.4% |
| 244 | Avon | 4,474 | 755 | 79 | 10.46% |
| 245 | Clarksburg | 1,622 | 191 | 20 | 10.47% |
| 246 | Hawlemont | 1,696 | 152 | 16 | 10.53% |
| 247 | Ludlow | 21,287 | 3,113 | 328 | 10.54% |
| 248 | Bourne | 18,716 | 2,538 | 268 | 10.56% |
| 249 | Leominster | 43,031 | 7,413 | 796 | 10.74% |
| 250 | Wareham | 21,085 | 3,642 | 395 | 10.85% |
| 251 | Agawam | 28,247 | 4,275 | 468 | 10.95% |
| 252 | Oxford | 13,911 | 2,566 | 286 | 11.15% |
| 253 | Clinton | 13,997 | 2,230 | 254 | 11.39% |
| 254 | New Salem-Wendell | 1,917 | 155 | 18 | 11.61% |
| 255 | Somerville | 77,971 | 7,887 | 918 | 11.64% |
| 256 | Methuen | 44,375 | 7,774 | 910 | 11.71% |
| 257 | Barnstable | 47,809 | 6,947 | 840 | 12.09% |
| 258 | Wellfleet | 2,748 | 124 | 15 | 12.1% |
| 259 | Gloucester | 30,678 | 4,715 | 584 | 12.39% |
| 260 | Oak Bluffs | 3,836 | 387 | 48 | 12.4% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 261 | Taunton | 56,850 | 9,443 | 1,178 | 12.47% |
| 262 | Gosnold | 89 | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| 263 | Quincy | 88,648 | 10,848 | 1,387 | 12.79% |
| 264 | Holland | 2,416 | 288 | 37 | 12.85% |
| 265 | Gardner | 21,639 | 3,589 | 469 | 13.07% |
| 266 | Winthrop | 18,920 | 2,414 | 317 | 13.13% |
| 267 | Athol-Royalston | 13,076 | 2,455 | 323 | 13.16% |
| 268 | Orange | 7,525 | 724 | 97 | 13.4% |
| 269 | Adams-Cheshire | 12,422 | 1,830 | 248 | 13.55% |
| 270 | Webster | 17,102 | 2,664 | 363 | 13.63% |
| 271 | Haverhill | 59,758 | 10,402 | 1,430 | 13.75% |
| 272 | Brockton | 97,782 | 18,657 | 2,576 | 13.81% |
| 273 | Mount Greylock-New Lebanon Ny In Hancock (9-12) | 692 | 36 | 5 | 13.89% |
| 274 | Florida | 743 | 92 | 13 | 14.13% |
| 275 | Tisbury | 3,880 | 351 | 50 | 14.25% |
| 276 | Ralph C Mahar | 10,671 | 806 | 117 | 14.52% |
| 277 | Pittsfield | 45,583 | 6,626 | 974 | 14.7% |
| 278 | Gill-Montague | 11,308 | 1,460 | 217 | 14.86% |
| 279 | Provincetown | 3,430 | 185 | 28 | 15.14% |
| 280 | Ware | 9,765 | 1,522 | 234 | 15.37% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 281 | Westfield | 40,220 | 6,589 | 1,017 | 15.43% |
| 282 | Easthampton | 16,088 | 2,125 | 329 | 15.48% |
| 283 | Malden | 56,615 | 7,842 | 1,224 | 15.61% |
| 284 | Palmer | 12,543 | 2,256 | 357 | 15.82% |
| 285 | Lowell | 105,670 | 20,371 | 3,336 | 16.38% |
| 286 | Everett | 38,219 | 5,908 | 1,003 | 16.98% |
| 287 | Fitchburg | 40,738 | 7,272 | 1,269 | 17.45% |
| 288 | Salem | 40,948 | 5,668 | 998 | 17.61% |
| 289 | Greenfield | 18,185 | 2,434 | 446 | 18.32% |
| 290 | Fall River | 93,373 | 15,514 | 2,864 | 18.46% |
| 291 | Southbridge | 17,934 | 3,145 | 602 | 19.14% |
| 292 | West Springfield | 28,003 | 4,509 | 886 | 19.65% |
| 293 | Worcester | 179,872 | 28,814 | 5,808 | 20.16% |
| 294 | New Bedford | 95,232 | 16,198 | 3,456 | 21.34% |
| 295 | Chicopee | 54,854 | 8,621 | 1,921 | 22.28% |
| 296 | Lynn | 90,242 | 16,878 | 4,207 | 24.93% |
| 297 | Revere | 48,876 | 6,913 | 1,789 | 25.88% |
| 298 | North Adams | 16,485 | 2,169 | 562 | 25.91% |
| 299 | Boston | 608,991 | 81,381 | 22,958 | 28.21% |
| 300 | Chelsea | 36,262 | 6,489 | 2,091 | 32.22% |
| # | District | Population | Students | Poverty | Rate |
| 301 | Lawrence | 73,007 | 15,936 | 5,167 | 32.42% |
| 302 | Springfield | 152,641 | 29,784 | 10,640 | 35.72% |
| 303 | Holyoke | 39,985 | 7,887 | 3,411 | 43.25% |
