Massachusetts school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 323 regular districts, 323 report 2024–25 enrollment and 320 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Search by district or city, then switch between enrollment, spending, instructional investment, and student–teacher ratio. Missing records are excluded only from the selected measure.

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Showing 1–25 of 323 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Boston	Roxbury	105	46,094
2	Worcester	Worcester	47	24,778
3	Springfield	Springfield	64	23,670
4	Lynn	Lynn	29	16,364
5	Brockton	Brockton	24	15,280
6	Lowell	Lowell	27	14,457
7	Lawrence	Lawrence	26	13,313
8	New Bedford	New Bedford	24	12,505
9	Newton	Newtonville	22	11,632
10	Fall River	Fall River	19	11,089
11	Quincy	Quincy	19	9,769
12	Framingham	Framingham	14	9,124
13	Taunton	Taunton	13	8,311
14	Haverhill	Haverhill	16	7,940
15	Everett	Everett	10	7,307
16	Revere	Revere	11	7,261
17	Cambridge	Cambridge	16	7,027
18	Brookline	Brookline	12	7,023
19	Plymouth	Plymouth	13	6,956
20	Chicopee	Chicopee	15	6,755
21	Lexington	Lexington	10	6,748
22	Wachusett	Jefferson	13	6,557
23	Methuen	Methuen	6	6,464
24	Malden	Malden	7	6,354
25	Attleboro	Attleboro	12	6,239

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Largest school districts in Massachusetts

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Boston 105 schools	Roxbury	46,094
2	Worcester 47 schools	Worcester	24,778
3	Springfield 64 schools	Springfield	23,670
4	Lynn 29 schools	Lynn	16,364
5	Brockton 24 schools	Brockton	15,280
6	Lowell 27 schools	Lowell	14,457
7	Lawrence 26 schools	Lawrence	13,313
8	New Bedford 24 schools	New Bedford	12,505
9	Newton 22 schools	Newtonville	11,632
10	Fall River 19 schools	Fall River	11,089
11	Quincy 19 schools	Quincy	9,769
12	Framingham 14 schools	Framingham	9,124
13	Taunton 13 schools	Taunton	8,311
14	Haverhill 16 schools	Haverhill	7,940
15	Everett 10 schools	Everett	7,307
16	Revere 11 schools	Revere	7,261
17	Cambridge 16 schools	Cambridge	7,027
18	Brookline 12 schools	Brookline	7,023
19	Plymouth 13 schools	Plymouth	6,956
20	Chicopee 15 schools	Chicopee	6,755
21	Lexington 10 schools	Lexington	6,748
22	Wachusett 13 schools	Jefferson	6,557
23	Methuen 6 schools	Methuen	6,464
24	Malden 7 schools	Malden	6,354
25	Attleboro 12 schools	Attleboro	6,239

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Massachusetts

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	Tisbury 312 students	Vineyard Haven	$43,305
2	Cambridge 7,027 students	Cambridge	$39,949
3	Up-Island Regional 390 students	Vineyard Haven	$36,951
4	Boston 46,094 students	Roxbury	$36,906
5	Martha's Vineyard 744 students	Vineyard Haven	$36,609
6	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical 669 students	Lexington	$35,797
7	Southern Berkshire 607 students	Sheffield	$34,358
8	Edgartown 357 students	Vineyard Haven	$33,351
9	Berkshire Hills 1,131 students	Stockbridge	$32,214
10	Lincoln 1,039 students	Lincoln	$31,767
11	Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical 1,282 students	Billerica	$31,707
12	Weston 2,063 students	Weston	$31,619
13	Oak Bluffs 402 students	Vineyard Haven	$31,084
14	South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical 896 students	Framingham	$30,911
15	Amherst 1,038 students	Amherst	$30,818
16	Hull 712 students	Hull	$30,605
17	Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical 1,837 students	Andover	$30,258
18	Brewster 439 students	Orleans	$30,218
19	Norfolk County Agricultural 597 students	Walpole	$29,395
20	Mohawk Trail 805 students	Shelburne Falls	$29,272
21	Somerville 4,952 students	Somerville	$29,227
22	Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical 2,151 students	New Bedford	$29,199
23	Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical 682 students	Harwich	$28,856
24	Wellesley 3,986 students	Wellesley	$28,794
25	Amherst-Pelham 1,182 students	Amherst	$28,738

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Massachusetts high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	South High Community 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Worcester	3 of 3
2	High School Of Commerce 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Springfield	3 of 3
3	Quincy Upper School 06–12 · 1 AP courses	Boston	3 of 3
4	Lowell High 09–12 · 37 AP courses	Lowell	2 of 3
5	Milford High 09–12 · 37 AP courses	Milford	2 of 3
6	North Middlesex Regional 09–12 · 35 AP courses	North Middlesex	2 of 3
7	Salem High 09–12 · 34 AP courses	Salem	2 of 3
8	Hanover High 09–12 · 32 AP courses	Hanover	2 of 3
9	Andover High 09–12 · 29 AP courses	Andover	2 of 3
10	Weymouth High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Weymouth	2 of 3
11	Marlborough High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Marlborough	2 of 3
12	Medway High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Medway	2 of 3
13	Dover-Sherborn Regional High 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Dover-Sherborn	2 of 3
14	Framingham High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses	Framingham	2 of 3
15	Boston Latin School 07–12 · 27 AP courses	Boston	2 of 3
16	Lawrence High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Lawrence	2 of 3
17	Franklin High 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Franklin	2 of 3
18	Plymouth North High 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Plymouth	2 of 3
19	Plymouth South High 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Plymouth	2 of 3
20	Revere High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Revere	2 of 3
21	Natick High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Natick	2 of 3
22	Braintree High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Braintree	2 of 3
23	King Philip Regional High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	King Philip	2 of 3
24	Norwood High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Norwood	2 of 3
25	Northampton High 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Northampton	2 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.