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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
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Boston
Roxbury, MA
- Students
- 45,742
- Schools
- 108
- Spending / pupil
- $39,929
+26.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment
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Worcester
Worcester, MA
- Students
- 24,350
- Schools
- 47
- Spending / pupil
- $24,492
+25.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment
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Springfield
Springfield, MA
- Students
- 23,693
- Schools
- 66
- Spending / pupil
- $28,026
+33.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment
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Lynn
Lynn, MA
- Students
- 16,022
- Schools
- 27
- Spending / pupil
- $24,970
+34.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment
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Brockton
Brockton, MA
- Students
- 14,954
- Schools
- 24
- Spending / pupil
- $22,258
+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment
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Lowell
Lowell, MA
- Students
- 14,273
- Schools
- 27
- Spending / pupil
- $23,881
+23.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.9% enrollment
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Lawrence
Lawrence, MA
- Students
- 13,008
- Schools
- 26
- Spending / pupil
- $25,802
+26.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment
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New Bedford
New Bedford, MA
- Students
- 12,488
- Schools
- 24
- Spending / pupil
- $25,307
+35.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment
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Newton
Newtonville, MA
- Students
- 11,752
- Schools
- 22
- Spending / pupil
- $28,219
+9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.8% enrollment
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Fall River
Fall River, MA
- Students
- 10,656
- Schools
- 19
- Spending / pupil
- $25,560
+29.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.3% enrollment
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Quincy
Quincy, MA
- Students
- 9,695
- Schools
- 19
- Spending / pupil
- $22,317
+7.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.7% enrollment
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Framingham
Framingham, MA
- Students
- 9,134
- Schools
- 14
- Spending / pupil
- $26,329
+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.5% enrollment
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Taunton
Taunton, MA
- Students
- 8,018
- Schools
- 13
- Spending / pupil
- $20,128
+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment
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Haverhill
Haverhill, MA
- Students
- 7,882
- Schools
- 16
- Spending / pupil
- $21,048
+20.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment
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Everett
Everett, MA
- Students
- 7,345
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $22,177
+23.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.3% enrollment
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Revere
Revere, MA
- Students
- 7,344
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $22,476
+25.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.7% enrollment
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Plymouth
Plymouth, MA
- Students
- 7,055
- Schools
- 13
- Spending / pupil
- $24,163
+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment
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Brookline
Brookline, MA
- Students
- 7,039
- Schools
- 12
- Spending / pupil
- $29,170
+9.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.4% enrollment
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Cambridge
Cambridge, MA
- Students
- 6,915
- Schools
- 17
- Spending / pupil
- $40,789
+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.9% enrollment
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Chicopee
Chicopee, MA
- Students
- 6,807
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $23,542
+16.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.9% enrollment
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Lexington
Lexington, MA
- Students
- 6,805
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $29,148
+24.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.3% enrollment
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Wachusett
Jefferson, MA
- Students
- 6,676
- Schools
- 13
- Spending / pupil
- $18,540
+6.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment
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Methuen
Methuen, MA
- Students
- 6,532
- Schools
- 6
- Spending / pupil
- $19,711
+14.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment
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Malden
Malden, MA
- Students
- 6,282
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $21,073
+11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.3% enrollment
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Chelsea
Chelsea, MA
- Students
- 6,148
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $24,062
+25.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment
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Attleboro
Attleboro, MA
- Students
- 6,057
- Schools
- 12
- Spending / pupil
- $19,298
+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.9% enrollment
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Leominster
Leominster, MA
- Students
- 6,012
- Schools
- 13
- Spending / pupil
- $19,579
+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.2% enrollment
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Arlington
Arlington, MA
- Students
- 5,997
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $22,282
+22.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.0% enrollment
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, MA
- Students
- 5,921
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $20,132
+13.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.6% enrollment
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Peabody
Peabody, MA
- Students
- 5,832
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $21,334
+10.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.4% enrollment
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