How equitable is school funding in Massachusetts?

The average funding equity score for Massachusetts school districts is 38 out of 100, compared to the national average of 49. This score considers per-pupil spending, need-adjusted spending, funding source diversity, and student-teacher ratios.

What does the equity score measure?

The equity score (0-100) measures four dimensions: per-pupil spending level, need-adjusted spending (rewarding districts that spend more where poverty is higher), funding diversity (less reliance on local property taxes), and resource access (lower student-teacher ratios).

Massachusetts · NCES F-33 finance data

School Funding Equity in Massachusetts

362 districts ranked by how equitably school funding is distributed, scored from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states.

Compiled by PlainSchools Editorial, Independent education-data publisher · June 10, 2026

The equity picture in one line

Amherst ranks first in Massachusetts for funding equity at 70/100, in a state whose districts average 38 against a national average of 49.

70/100
top score (Amherst): $30,337
per-pupil spending in the top district: 2
districts scoring 70 or higher: 102
districts below 30

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Amherst	1,054	$30,337	-	18.8%	70
2	Brewster	432	$27,518	-	1.6%	70
3	Tisbury	272	$39,259	-	54.6%	65
4	Deerfield	310	$23,202	-	15.2%	64
5	Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical	1,412	$24,830	-	27.1%	63
6	Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical	640	$26,529	-	44.8%	63
7	Ralph C Mahar	539	$25,675	-	47.7%	63
8	Edgartown	404	$33,310	-	59.8%	62
9	Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical	2,302	$25,614	-	29.4%	61
10	Up Academy Charter School of Boston (District)	213	$31,192	-	61.9%	61
11	Southbridge	1,844	$23,972	-	15.8%	60
12	Dover	504	$24,511	-	3.0%	60
13	Oak Bluffs	440	$30,105	-	62.8%	60
14	Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical	2,095	$25,753	-	26.7%	59
15	Amherst-Pelham	1,242	$26,425	-	57.1%	59
16	Gill-Montague	874	$26,986	-	52.5%	59
17	Martha's Vineyard	769	$36,380	-	65.2%	59
18	Brimfield	287	$21,416	-	21.0%	59
19	Springfield	23,873	$23,067	-	1.4%	58
20	South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical	842	$29,134	-	58.9%	58
21	Mattapoisett	435	$23,922	-	50.0%	58
22	Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	1,692	$32,810	-	25.9%	57
23	Monson	835	$22,045	-	36.1%	57
24	Middleton	725	$21,664	-	11.8%	57
25	Southern Berkshire	618	$31,202	-	67.5%	57
26	Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	561	$24,602	-	59.3%	57
27	Boston	46,367	$34,835	-	62.0%	56
28	Randolph	2,610	$26,141	-	43.3%	56
29	Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	1,277	$23,576	-	46.2%	56
30	Maynard	1,210	$25,367	-	55.1%	56
31	North Brookfield	443	$21,185	-	32.9%	56
32	Dennis-Yarmouth	2,889	$25,031	-	55.6%	55
33	Hudson	2,357	$23,342	-	56.2%	55
34	Nauset	1,328	$25,931	-	66.8%	55
35	Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,292	$28,277	-	66.2%	55
36	Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical	1,292	$24,661	-	46.2%	55
37	Berkshire Hills	1,189	$29,470	-	69.8%	55
38	Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,128	$26,585	-	62.8%	55
39	Gateway	779	$25,397	-	50.4%	55
40	South Shore Regional Vocational Technical	653	$24,641	-	56.0%	55
41	Carlisle	606	$24,485	-	58.4%	55
42	Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical	537	$24,185	-	39.4%	55
43	Waltham	5,703	$26,713	-	60.4%	54
44	Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational District	1,185	$21,581	-	43.5%	54
45	Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	769	$26,991	-	64.6%	54
46	Topsfield	630	$21,145	-	24.5%	54
47	Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical	602	$26,163	-	51.9%	54
48	North Adams	1,216	$23,336	-	25.5%	53
49	Sherborn	403	$23,191	-	5.4%	53
50	Codman Academy Charter Public (District)	336	$32,569	-	77.0%	53
51	Lawrence	12,885	$20,985	-	1.7%	52
52	Cambridge	6,746	$38,967	-	78.2%	52
53	Somerville	4,884	$27,320	-	59.2%	52
54	Ludlow	2,295	$21,120	-	45.1%	52
55	Concord	1,962	$26,093	-	59.9%	52
56	Rockport	748	$28,560	-	74.9%	52
57	New Bedford	12,640	$19,918	-	1.9%	51
58	Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical	1,409	$23,381	-	35.3%	51
59	Palmer	1,154	$18,790	-	23.6%	51
60	Hoosac Valley Regional	989	$21,113	-	38.9%	51
61	Hull	787	$29,201	-	65.1%	51
62	Boxford	738	$22,640	-	24.2%	51
63	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	691	$36,460	-	80.7%	51
64	Lee	671	$23,667	-	67.7%	51
65	Marion	410	$22,426	-	38.6%	51
66	Holyoke	5,046	$23,447	-	3.1%	50
67	Salem	3,752	$25,931	-	46.5%	50
68	Bourne	1,568	$24,283	-	63.6%	50
69	Manchester Essex Regional	1,243	$25,494	-	71.0%	50
70	Match Charter Public School (District)	1,186	$27,682	-	77.5%	50
71	Pioneer Valley	663	$23,877	-	58.6%	50
72	Community Charter School of Cambridge (District)	253	$34,104	-	86.2%	50
73	Lowell	14,228	$19,674	-	5.6%	49
74	Falmouth	3,001	$25,393	-	72.2%	49
75	Triton	2,261	$23,445	-	64.5%	49
76	Amesbury	1,809	$23,278	-	51.7%	49
77	Millis	1,221	$22,361	-	63.5%	49
78	Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District)	999	$27,204	-	81.9%	49
79	Boston Collegiate Charter (District)	698	$25,926	-	75.7%	49
80	Hampshire	679	$21,639	-	61.3%	49
81	Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School (District)	476	$23,586	-	71.3%	49
82	Framingham	9,469	$24,781	-	49.2%	48
83	Everett	7,377	$20,710	-	18.5%	48
84	Pittsfield	4,969	$22,285	-	32.3%	48
85	Medford	4,201	$23,504	-	66.5%	48
86	Wilmington	2,840	$23,684	-	64.1%	48
87	Greenfield	1,476	$21,395	-	37.3%	48
88	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,230	$23,586	-	54.8%	48
89	Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical	920	$25,701	-	62.5%	48
90	Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District)	695	$28,948	-	80.3%	48
91	Newton	11,990	$26,734	-	73.7%	47
92	Revere	7,444	$19,856	-	12.7%	47
93	Chicopee	6,735	$20,359	-	19.7%	47
94	Watertown	2,699	$27,743	-	77.0%	47
95	Sandwich	2,168	$23,741	-	70.1%	47
96	Webster	1,728	$21,276	-	32.8%	47
97	Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical	1,558	$24,421	-	34.6%	47
98	Mashpee	1,458	$24,140	-	68.3%	47
99	Harvard	1,044	$22,947	-	71.2%	47
100	Wrentham	953	$20,357	-	8.3%	47
101	Mohawk Trail	797	$29,844	-	57.7%	47
102	Bridge Boston Charter School (District)	334	$35,539	-	78.5%	47
103	Lexington	6,938	$24,326	-	74.4%	46
104	Nantucket	1,725	$28,989	-	79.8%	46
105	Northborough	1,596	$22,553	-	51.6%	46
106	Dover-Sherborn	1,180	$24,989	-	70.8%	46
107	Granby	723	$20,148	-	41.5%	46
108	Hatfield	345	$21,176	-	70.7%	46
109	Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District)	316	$22,680	-	74.4%	46
110	West Springfield	3,894	$18,526	-	22.2%	45
111	Wareham	2,057	$23,640	-	35.8%	45
112	Monomoy Regional School District	1,781	$24,239	-	75.7%	45
113	Oxford	1,458	$19,523	-	33.5%	45
114	Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District)	1,295	$24,473	-	76.5%	45
115	Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical	957	$25,292	-	59.9%	45
116	Sturbridge	883	$19,644	-	26.7%	45
117	Neighborhood House Charter (District)	766	$27,789	-	81.8%	45
118	Avon	735	$21,618	-	66.4%	45
119	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District)	467	$26,088	-	78.3%	45
120	Up-Island Regional	412	$34,051	-	81.5%	45
121	Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District)	322	$26,583	-	73.5%	45
122	Norwood	3,551	$22,513	-	65.5%	44
123	Burlington	3,486	$26,147	-	75.2%	44
124	Marblehead	2,672	$22,691	-	71.1%	44
125	Northbridge	1,970	$18,601	-	31.6%	44
126	Ipswich	1,624	$22,408	-	73.3%	44
127	Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District	1,330	$19,133	-	48.7%	44
128	Northboro-Southboro	1,222	$22,650	-	69.2%	44
129	Lincoln	1,032	$32,571	-	79.4%	44
130	Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	666	$28,972	-	80.3%	44
131	Libertas Academy Charter School (District)	411	$26,316	-	61.1%	44
132	Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence (Distric	352	$23,009	-	74.2%	44
133	Northampton	2,594	$20,905	-	66.0%	43
134	Newburyport	2,191	$22,629	-	73.6%	43
135	Norfolk County Agricultural	580	$28,131	-	84.7%	43
136	Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District)	402	$21,761	-	78.0%	43
137	Holland	231	$17,850	-	11.9%	43
138	Chelsea	6,312	$19,814	-	1.9%	42
139	Tewksbury	3,278	$21,290	-	55.2%	42
140	Gloucester	2,849	$22,410	-	69.5%	42
141	Dedham	2,556	$26,081	-	69.8%	42
142	Somerset	1,626	$19,031	-	20.1%	42
143	Mount Greylock	1,206	$21,743	-	70.5%	42
144	Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical	750	$23,170	-	60.9%	42
145	Frontier	618	$20,979	-	64.2%	42
146	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Ch	364	$31,139	-	79.2%	42
147	Andover	5,590	$24,300	-	72.7%	41
148	Barnstable	4,879	$22,671	-	65.0%	41
149	Bedford	2,575	$23,058	-	71.9%	41
150	Masconomet	1,610	$22,987	-	67.8%	41
151	Carver	1,538	$19,791	-	46.0%	41
152	Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical	1,310	$22,389	-	41.5%	41
153	Boston Renaissance Charter Public (District)	922	$25,956	-	75.9%	41
154	Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural	566	$23,700	-	84.2%	41
155	Rochester	498	$17,665	-	19.5%	41
156	Christa Mcauliffe Charter School (District)	329	$22,905	-	84.2%	41
157	Brookline	7,116	$28,587	-	78.2%	40
158	Marlborough	4,812	$20,738	-	42.8%	40
159	Westborough	3,861	$21,175	-	64.5%	40
160	Mansfield	3,464	$22,024	-	57.1%	40
161	Lincoln-Sudbury	1,533	$23,734	-	72.7%	40
162	Community Day Charter Public School (District)	1,195	$21,743	-	75.1%	40
163	Ware	1,136	$19,287	-	23.7%	40
164	Lenox	772	$24,906	-	76.9%	40
165	Up Academy Charter School of Dorchester (District)	615	$21,328	-	69.4%	40
166	Bristol County Agricultural	549	$23,884	-	50.6%	40
167	Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District)	501	$28,276	-	71.3%	40
168	Brockton	14,999	$21,147	-	6.2%	39
169	Methuen	6,584	$17,759	-	31.8%	39
170	Sudbury	2,550	$22,666	-	49.3%	39
171	Rockland	2,187	$22,150	-	31.5%	39
172	South Hadley	1,699	$18,249	-	54.2%	39
173	Uxbridge	1,661	$20,226	-	51.7%	39
174	Easthampton	1,426	$18,506	-	39.3%	39
175	Concord-Carlisle	1,335	$24,205	-	77.1%	39
176	Southborough	1,279	$23,551	-	60.0%	39
177	Salem Academy Charter (District)	489	$23,139	-	83.6%	39
178	Milford	4,537	$18,853	-	40.6%	38
179	Millbury	1,638	$20,577	-	41.5%	38
180	Hadley	494	$20,500	-	66.9%	38
181	Four Rivers Charter Public (District)	219	$23,858	-	85.8%	38
182	Worcester	24,707	$20,642	-	13.5%	37
183	Lynn	15,556	$19,669	-	3.5%	37
184	Fall River	10,521	$20,266	-	10.7%	37
185	Haverhill	7,865	$19,103	-	24.7%	37
186	Plymouth	7,205	$22,371	-	66.0%	37
187	Westfield	4,894	$18,674	-	37.8%	37
188	Wayland	2,783	$23,554	-	75.5%	37
189	Foxborough	2,479	$21,902	-	61.8%	37
190	Pentucket	2,261	$19,555	-	44.1%	37
191	Seekonk	2,094	$19,534	-	63.9%	37
192	Swampscott	2,069	$21,250	-	71.3%	37
193	Bellingham	2,027	$23,244	-	59.2%	37
194	Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District	1,694	$22,546	-	64.8%	37
195	Ayer Shirley School District	1,670	$19,789	-	55.6%	37
196	Sizer School: a North Central Charter Essential (District)	344	$19,783	-	79.8%	37
197	Wellesley	4,219	$27,059	-	76.2%	36
198	Walpole	3,683	$20,901	-	66.7%	36
199	Excel Academy Charter (District)	1,363	$22,829	-	80.6%	36
200	Winchendon	1,262	$17,648	-	20.1%	36
201	Old Rochester	1,051	$21,659	-	69.9%	36
202	Norfolk	1,019	$18,929	-	32.9%	36
203	Acushnet	973	$16,234	-	7.3%	36
204	Sturgis Charter Public (District)	830	$21,105	-	88.2%	36
205	Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter (District)	549	$20,432	-	83.0%	36
206	Springfield Preparatory Charter School (District)	487	$20,891	-	74.1%	36
207	Fitchburg	5,302	$18,135	-	11.4%	35
208	Westford	4,762	$22,747	-	69.7%	35
209	North Middlesex	3,074	$19,769	-	53.3%	35
210	Westwood	2,914	$24,589	-	74.1%	35
211	East Longmeadow	2,573	$18,806	-	55.5%	35
212	Norton	2,396	$19,013	-	54.4%	35
213	Stoneham	2,309	$20,429	-	64.7%	35
214	Silver Lake	1,574	$21,601	-	59.3%	35
215	Cohasset	1,420	$22,164	-	72.8%	35
216	Douglas	1,198	$18,764	-	44.7%	35
217	West Boylston	877	$20,514	-	64.0%	35
218	Plainville	655	$18,608	-	2.8%	35
219	Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School (District)	261	$27,420	-	62.5%	35
220	Dighton-Rehoboth	2,492	$19,114	-	56.2%	34
221	Clinton	1,972	$17,903	-	35.6%	34
222	Hamilton-Wenham	1,694	$22,611	-	74.4%	34
223	Athol-Royalston	1,583	$18,820	-	20.1%	34
224	Somerset Berkley Regional School District	1,018	$18,107	-	54.3%	34
225	Southampton	481	$16,571	-	6.2%	34
226	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District)	388	$19,624	-	85.5%	34
227	Brookfield	291	$17,032	-	8.5%	34
228	Malden	6,370	$18,522	-	32.4%	33
229	North Reading	2,383	$20,956	-	73.1%	33
230	Groton-Dunstable	2,371	$20,913	-	60.0%	33
231	Weston	2,022	$31,787	-	77.6%	33
232	Tyngsborough	1,590	$18,683	-	53.9%	33
233	Spencer-E Brookfield	1,402	$18,642	-	38.5%	33
234	Berkley	854	$16,180	-	24.8%	33
235	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)	390	$19,653	-	84.0%	33
236	Arlington	6,047	$20,341	-	62.2%	32
237	Franklin	4,781	$18,630	-	52.2%	32
238	Woburn	4,353	$23,295	-	70.9%	32
239	Stoughton	3,620	$19,616	-	55.0%	32
240	Agawam	3,492	$21,700	-	54.3%	32
241	Nashoba	3,065	$19,458	-	70.2%	32
242	Belchertown	2,136	$17,888	-	46.7%	32
243	Mendon-Upton	2,120	$20,552	-	57.2%	32
244	Central Berkshire	1,546	$20,405	-	51.5%	32
245	Rising Tide Charter Public (District)	634	$20,224	-	85.2%	32
246	Marblehead Community Charter Public (District)	224	$18,849	-	83.9%	32
247	Belmont	4,507	$18,436	-	62.0%	31
248	Marshfield	3,799	$17,009	-	59.8%	31
249	Dartmouth	3,416	$17,966	-	55.6%	31
250	Fairhaven	1,844	$17,652	-	55.3%	31
251	Westport	1,459	$20,124	-	52.9%	31
252	Needham	5,594	$23,810	-	75.6%	30
253	Hingham	3,837	$20,707	-	74.1%	30
254	Sharon	3,591	$20,503	-	54.9%	30
255	Pembroke	2,522	$18,264	-	51.2%	30
256	Quabbin	2,199	$19,167	-	41.6%	30
257	King Philip	1,841	$20,327	-	64.1%	30
258	Sutton	1,312	$20,304	-	59.4%	30
259	Orange	531	$17,871	-	1.0%	30
260	Map Academy Charter School (District)	252	$23,108	-	77.9%	30
261	Billerica	4,882	$20,891	-	58.5%	29
262	Leicester	1,374	$17,522	-	35.4%	29
263	Quaboag Regional	1,192	$18,996	-	33.8%	29
264	Halifax	576	$15,699	-	0.8%	29
265	Hampden Charter School of Science West (District)	367	$18,095	-	73.7%	29
266	Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public (District)	217	$19,364	-	83.5%	29
267	Weymouth	5,676	$19,612	-	55.7%	28
268	Acton-Boxborough	5,197	$19,794	-	62.0%	28
269	Danvers	3,294	$20,210	-	65.1%	28
270	Longmeadow	2,811	$18,643	-	71.4%	28
271	Scituate	2,789	$20,021	-	71.6%	28
272	Medfield	2,531	$19,934	-	70.4%	28
273	Winthrop	1,953	$19,104	-	55.8%	28
274	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	783	$19,590	-	82.5%	28
275	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)	250	$21,800	-	80.6%	28
276	Plympton	241	$17,593	-	34.3%	28
277	Beverly	4,648	$17,623	-	65.5%	27
278	Easton	3,441	$17,490	-	49.4%	27
279	Middleborough	3,065	$17,902	-	42.5%	27
280	East Bridgewater	2,077	$16,650	-	49.7%	27
281	Holbrook	1,332	$17,976	-	42.6%	27
282	Kingston	1,235	$15,468	-	4.9%	27
283	Hopedale	1,105	$17,221	-	52.9%	27
284	Conservatory Lab Charter (District)	454	$26,834	-	78.2%	27
285	Quincy	9,802	$19,856	-	65.3%	26
286	Dudley-Charlton Reg	3,457	$16,997	-	39.9%	26
287	Gardner	2,404	$16,991	-	12.7%	26
288	Medway	2,142	$20,028	-	59.5%	26
289	South Shore Charter Public (District)	1,054	$19,875	-	81.6%	26
290	Taunton	8,005	$17,503	-	40.0%	25
291	Braintree	5,380	$17,755	-	59.0%	25
292	North Attleborough	3,949	$16,681	-	44.3%	25
293	Hampden-Wilbraham	2,887	$19,136	-	60.9%	25
294	Freetown-Lakeville	2,809	$16,234	-	56.3%	25
295	Brooke Charter School (District)	2,223	$22,357	-	82.2%	25
296	Blackstone-Millville	1,468	$18,067	-	44.3%	25
297	Alma Del Mar Charter School (District)	1,038	$22,568	-	77.6%	25
298	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	332	$27,748	-	83.3%	25
299	Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School (District)	278	$24,059	-	76.6%	25
300	Leominster	6,077	$16,615	-	30.6%	24
301	Peabody	5,968	$18,001	-	58.7%	24
302	Reading	3,899	$18,744	-	66.5%	24
303	Dracut	3,626	$14,475	-	34.3%	24
304	Wakefield	3,335	$20,129	-	70.5%	24
305	Lunenburg	1,567	$17,347	-	53.4%	24
306	Narragansett	1,485	$16,796	-	41.1%	24
307	Innovation Academy Charter (District)	793	$18,201	-	81.7%	24
308	North Andover	4,491	$18,510	-	66.0%	23
309	Winchester	4,392	$19,114	-	75.0%	23
310	Whitman-Hanson	3,575	$17,661	-	43.7%	23
311	Ashland	2,925	$17,255	-	56.7%	23
312	Duxbury	2,834	$19,688	-	73.9%	23
313	Saugus	2,502	$20,399	-	65.9%	23
314	Kipp Academy Boston Charter School (District)	577	$22,418	-	75.3%	23
315	Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea (District	203	$26,778	-	91.1%	23
316	Grafton	3,106	$17,331	-	62.2%	22
317	Auburn	2,573	$17,041	-	53.5%	22
318	Abington	2,177	$17,187	-	48.1%	22
319	Swansea	2,003	$16,840	-	52.9%	22
320	Tantasqua	1,770	$17,775	-	50.2%	22
321	Learning First Charter Public School (District)	667	$20,130	-	63.9%	22
322	Wachusett	6,836	$17,517	-	56.4%	21
323	Bridgewater-Raynham	5,521	$16,365	-	48.7%	21
324	Natick	5,410	$18,991	-	75.8%	21
325	Canton	3,273	$19,938	-	71.4%	21
326	Hanover	2,612	$17,819	-	64.2%	21
327	Ashburnham-Westminster	2,325	$15,602	-	49.8%	21
328	Norwell	2,177	$19,635	-	71.1%	21
329	Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District)	1,422	$18,209	-	76.9%	21
330	Atlantis Charter (District)	1,283	$16,282	-	70.5%	21
331	Berlin-Boylston	1,084	$19,536	-	73.2%	21
332	Attleboro	5,963	$16,704	-	48.1%	20
333	Shrewsbury	5,943	$17,158	-	59.4%	20
334	Milton	4,370	$18,787	-	68.5%	20
335	Holliston	2,810	$17,189	-	61.8%	20
336	Littleton	1,711	$19,328	-	71.5%	20
337	Kipp Academy Lynn Charter (District)	1,612	$21,752	-	81.2%	20
338	New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District)	741	$20,918	-	79.7%	20
339	Lynnfield	2,220	$19,444	-	73.5%	19
340	Georgetown	1,286	$18,745	-	61.7%	19
341	Holyoke Community Charter (District)	685	$19,813	-	70.1%	19
342	Argosy Collegiate Charter School (District)	553	$21,332	-	75.8%	19
343	Global Learning Charter Public (District)	499	$17,732	-	80.4%	19
344	Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District)	357	$19,150	-	77.9%	19
345	Lowell Community Charter Public (District)	813	$19,585	-	78.5%	18
346	Chelmsford	5,114	$17,638	-	67.8%	16
347	Melrose	3,895	$16,762	-	64.2%	15
348	West Bridgewater	1,413	$15,661	-	63.1%	15
349	Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District)	966	$17,854	-	88.3%	15
350	River Valley Charter (District)	288	$18,566	-	88.0%	15
351	Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	306	$17,585	-	80.7%	13
352	Hopkinton	4,196	$17,564	-	73.6%	12
353	Pioneer Charter School of Science Ii (District)	462	$19,178	-	83.8%	10
354	Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)	854	$18,917	-	82.3%	9
355	Hampden Charter School of Science East (District)	549	$18,067	-	76.7%	9
356	Greater Commonwealth Virtual District	1,155	$12,711	-	76.1%	6
357	Foxborough Regional Charter (District)	1,569	$16,591	-	76.8%	5
358	Springfield International Charter (District)	1,520	$16,464	-	78.1%	5
359	Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (District)	862	$17,002	-	85.7%	4
360	Tec Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	2,940	$8,525	-	80.0%	3
361	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	1,608	$16,052	-	86.3%	2
362	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)	1,203	$12,258	-	81.3%	2

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness. According to the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 Finance Survey (FY 2021-22, released in 2024), which covers more than 17,000 districts nationwide, local property wealth drives most of the spending differences the score captures; our methodology documents each weight:

Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)

Higher spending relative to peers

Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)

Spending weighted by poverty level, rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest

Funding Diversity (0-25)

Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support

Resource Access (0-25)

Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.