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, Education-data publisher · August 26, 2026

The equity picture in one line

Brewster 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 (Brewster): $30,218
per-pupil spending in the top district: 1
districts scoring 70 or higher: 106
districts below 30

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Brewster	432	$30,218	-	1.6%	70
2	Amherst	1,054	$30,818	-	18.8%	69
3	Deerfield	310	$25,658	-	15.2%	66
4	Tisbury	272	$43,305	-	54.6%	65
5	Ralph C Mahar	539	$27,445	-	47.7%	63
6	Springfield	23,873	$26,729	-	1.4%	62
7	Edgartown	404	$33,351	-	59.8%	62
8	Up Academy Charter School of Boston (District)	213	$48,709	-	61.9%	62
9	Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical	2,302	$27,232	-	29.4%	61
10	Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical	2,095	$29,199	-	26.7%	61
11	Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical	1,412	$24,731	-	27.1%	61
12	Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical	640	$26,298	-	44.8%	61
13	Oak Bluffs	440	$31,084	-	62.8%	60
14	Southbridge	1,844	$25,133	-	15.8%	59
15	Amherst-Pelham	1,242	$28,738	-	57.1%	59
16	Martha's Vineyard	769	$36,609	-	65.2%	59
17	Dover	504	$24,952	-	3.0%	59
18	Palmer	1,154	$22,554	-	23.6%	58
19	Gill-Montague	874	$27,816	-	52.5%	58
20	South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical	842	$30,911	-	58.9%	58
21	Middleton	725	$23,157	-	11.8%	58
22	Southern Berkshire	618	$34,358	-	67.5%	58
23	Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical	1,292	$27,255	-	46.2%	57
24	Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	561	$25,881	-	59.3%	57
25	Mattapoisett	435	$24,637	-	50.0%	57
26	Boston	46,367	$36,906	-	62.0%	56
27	Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	1,277	$24,713	-	46.2%	56
28	Maynard	1,210	$26,145	-	55.1%	56
29	Monson	835	$22,407	-	36.1%	56
30	Lawrence	12,885	$23,176	-	1.7%	55
31	New Bedford	12,640	$22,807	-	1.9%	55
32	Randolph	2,610	$26,523	-	43.3%	55
33	Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	1,692	$30,258	-	25.9%	55
34	Nauset	1,328	$27,667	-	66.8%	55
35	Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,292	$31,707	-	66.2%	55
36	Berkshire Hills	1,189	$32,214	-	69.8%	55
37	South Shore Regional Vocational Technical	653	$26,257	-	56.0%	55
38	North Brookfield	443	$21,729	-	32.9%	55
39	Hudson	2,357	$24,343	-	56.2%	54
40	Carlisle	606	$25,434	-	58.4%	54
41	Codman Academy Charter Public (District)	336	$39,753	-	77.0%	54
42	Lowell	14,228	$22,286	-	5.6%	53
43	Waltham	5,703	$26,980	-	60.4%	53
44	Holyoke	5,046	$26,755	-	3.1%	53
45	Dennis-Yarmouth	2,889	$25,332	-	55.6%	53
46	Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational District	1,185	$22,057	-	43.5%	53
47	Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,128	$26,465	-	62.8%	53
48	Gateway	779	$25,087	-	50.4%	53
49	Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical	602	$27,008	-	51.9%	53
50	Sherborn	403	$24,308	-	5.4%	53
51	Brimfield	287	$19,990	-	21.0%	53
52	Cambridge	6,746	$39,949	-	78.2%	52
53	Pittsfield	4,969	$24,885	-	32.3%	52
54	Somerville	4,884	$29,227	-	59.2%	52
55	Ludlow	2,295	$22,235	-	45.1%	52
56	Concord	1,962	$27,881	-	59.9%	52
57	Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical	1,409	$24,900	-	35.3%	52
58	North Adams	1,216	$24,161	-	25.5%	52
59	Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	769	$26,706	-	64.6%	52
60	Topsfield	630	$21,148	-	24.5%	52
61	Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical	537	$24,127	-	39.4%	52
62	Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District)	316	$28,943	-	74.4%	52
63	Match Charter Public School (District)	1,186	$34,083	-	77.5%	51
64	Hull	787	$30,605	-	65.1%	51
65	Rockport	748	$28,301	-	74.9%	51
66	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	691	$35,797	-	80.7%	51
67	Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School (District)	476	$26,292	-	71.3%	51
68	Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District)	402	$30,129	-	78.0%	51
69	Bourne	1,568	$25,373	-	63.6%	50
70	Boston Collegiate Charter (District)	698	$28,499	-	75.7%	50
71	Pioneer Valley	663	$24,716	-	58.6%	50
72	Community Charter School of Cambridge (District)	253	$39,625	-	86.2%	50
73	Chicopee	6,735	$22,136	-	19.7%	49
74	Salem	3,752	$26,434	-	46.5%	49
75	Amesbury	1,809	$24,643	-	51.7%	49
76	Greenfield	1,476	$22,902	-	37.3%	49
77	Mashpee	1,458	$27,021	-	68.3%	49
78	Manchester Essex Regional	1,243	$25,633	-	71.0%	49
79	Hoosac Valley Regional	989	$21,292	-	38.9%	49
80	Boxford	738	$22,615	-	24.2%	49
81	Lee	671	$23,982	-	67.7%	49
82	Falmouth	3,001	$26,384	-	72.2%	48
83	Triton	2,261	$24,155	-	64.5%	48
84	Sandwich	2,168	$26,346	-	70.1%	48
85	Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District)	1,295	$28,597	-	76.5%	48
86	Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District)	999	$27,945	-	81.9%	48
87	Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical	920	$27,134	-	62.5%	48
88	Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District)	695	$31,708	-	80.3%	48
89	Marion	410	$22,012	-	38.6%	48
90	Hatfield	345	$23,780	-	70.7%	48
91	Medford	4,201	$24,338	-	66.5%	47
92	Wilmington	2,840	$24,408	-	64.1%	47
93	Neighborhood House Charter (District)	766	$33,610	-	81.8%	47
94	Hampshire	679	$21,832	-	61.3%	47
95	Up Academy Charter School of Dorchester (District)	615	$25,758	-	69.4%	47
96	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District)	467	$32,148	-	78.3%	47
97	Bridge Boston Charter School (District)	334	$36,260	-	78.5%	47
98	Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District)	322	$32,894	-	73.5%	47
99	Newton	11,990	$26,981	-	73.7%	46
100	Revere	7,444	$20,150	-	12.7%	46
101	Lexington	6,938	$25,657	-	74.4%	46
102	West Springfield	3,894	$19,536	-	22.2%	46
103	Watertown	2,699	$27,763	-	77.0%	46
104	Ipswich	1,624	$24,214	-	73.3%	46
105	Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical	1,558	$25,279	-	34.6%	46
106	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,230	$24,084	-	54.8%	46
107	Millis	1,221	$21,550	-	63.5%	46
108	Harvard	1,044	$23,413	-	71.2%	46
109	Mohawk Trail	797	$29,272	-	57.7%	46
110	Monomoy Regional School District	1,781	$25,528	-	75.7%	45
111	Webster	1,728	$21,560	-	32.8%	45
112	Northboro-Southboro	1,222	$24,316	-	69.2%	45
113	Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical	957	$26,222	-	59.9%	45
114	Up-Island Regional	412	$36,951	-	81.5%	45
115	Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence (Distric	352	$24,622	-	74.2%	45
116	Christa Mcauliffe Charter School (District)	329	$27,106	-	84.2%	45
117	Brockton	14,999	$24,465	-	6.2%	44
118	Framingham	9,469	$23,833	-	49.2%	44
119	Nantucket	1,725	$28,207	-	79.8%	44
120	Somerset	1,626	$20,467	-	20.1%	44
121	Northborough	1,596	$22,461	-	51.6%	44
122	Oxford	1,458	$19,676	-	33.5%	44
123	Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District	1,330	$20,050	-	48.7%	44
124	Dover-Sherborn	1,180	$24,869	-	70.8%	44
125	Lincoln	1,032	$31,767	-	79.4%	44
126	Wrentham	953	$19,909	-	8.3%	44
127	Lynn	15,556	$23,710	-	3.5%	43
128	Burlington	3,486	$26,873	-	75.2%	43
129	Newburyport	2,191	$23,538	-	73.6%	43
130	Wareham	2,057	$23,974	-	35.8%	43
131	Northbridge	1,970	$19,058	-	31.6%	43
132	Ware	1,136	$20,905	-	23.7%	43
133	Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	666	$28,856	-	80.3%	43
134	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Ch	364	$41,115	-	79.2%	43
135	Chelsea	6,312	$20,895	-	1.9%	42
136	Norwood	3,551	$22,395	-	65.5%	42
137	Gloucester	2,849	$23,755	-	69.5%	42
138	Marblehead	2,672	$22,906	-	71.1%	42
139	Northampton	2,594	$21,537	-	66.0%	42
140	Dedham	2,556	$27,349	-	69.8%	42
141	Masconomet	1,610	$24,596	-	67.8%	42
142	Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical	1,310	$24,147	-	41.5%	42
143	Mount Greylock	1,206	$22,876	-	70.5%	42
144	Boston Renaissance Charter Public (District)	922	$28,508	-	75.9%	42
145	Sturgis Charter Public (District)	830	$25,175	-	88.2%	42
146	Frontier	618	$22,050	-	64.2%	42
147	Norfolk County Agricultural	580	$29,395	-	84.7%	42
148	Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural	566	$25,131	-	84.2%	42
149	Everett	7,377	$18,878	-	18.5%	41
150	Sturbridge	883	$19,092	-	26.7%	41
151	Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical	750	$24,229	-	60.9%	41
152	Granby	723	$19,086	-	41.5%	41
153	Salem Academy Charter (District)	489	$25,364	-	83.6%	41
154	Tewksbury	3,278	$21,496	-	55.2%	40
155	South Hadley	1,699	$19,400	-	54.2%	40
156	Carver	1,538	$20,132	-	46.0%	40
157	Community Day Charter Public School (District)	1,195	$23,172	-	75.1%	40
158	Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District)	501	$30,349	-	71.3%	40
159	Rochester	498	$18,030	-	19.5%	40
160	Holland	231	$16,810	-	11.9%	40
161	Barnstable	4,879	$22,858	-	65.0%	39
162	Westborough	3,861	$22,027	-	64.5%	39
163	Mansfield	3,464	$22,533	-	57.1%	39
164	Bedford	2,575	$23,503	-	71.9%	39
165	Lincoln-Sudbury	1,533	$24,417	-	72.7%	39
166	Avon	735	$19,906	-	66.4%	39
167	Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter (District)	549	$22,812	-	83.0%	39
168	Hadley	494	$21,889	-	66.9%	39
169	Libertas Academy Charter School (District)	411	$24,601	-	61.1%	39
170	Worcester	24,707	$22,198	-	13.5%	38
171	Fall River	10,521	$22,016	-	10.7%	38
172	Haverhill	7,865	$20,380	-	24.7%	38
173	Brookline	7,116	$27,892	-	78.2%	38
174	Andover	5,590	$24,016	-	72.7%	38
175	Milford	4,537	$19,671	-	40.6%	38
176	Sudbury	2,550	$23,100	-	49.3%	38
177	Dighton-Rehoboth	2,492	$21,354	-	56.2%	38
178	Uxbridge	1,661	$20,583	-	51.7%	38
179	Silver Lake	1,574	$24,040	-	59.3%	38
180	Excel Academy Charter (District)	1,363	$25,362	-	80.6%	38
181	Concord-Carlisle	1,335	$24,867	-	77.1%	38
182	Winchendon	1,262	$19,069	-	20.1%	38
183	Bristol County Agricultural	549	$24,255	-	50.6%	38
184	Springfield Preparatory Charter School (District)	487	$22,965	-	74.1%	38
185	Hampden Charter School of Science West (District)	367	$22,678	-	73.7%	38
186	Sizer School: a North Central Charter Essential (District)	344	$21,273	-	79.8%	38
187	Marblehead Community Charter Public (District)	224	$22,183	-	83.9%	38
188	Methuen	6,584	$17,940	-	31.8%	37
189	Fitchburg	5,302	$19,723	-	11.4%	37
190	Rockland	2,187	$22,068	-	31.5%	37
191	Easthampton	1,426	$18,205	-	39.3%	37
192	Southborough	1,279	$23,795	-	60.0%	37
193	Old Rochester	1,051	$23,004	-	69.9%	37
194	Norfolk	1,019	$19,829	-	32.9%	37
195	Lenox	772	$24,433	-	76.9%	37
196	Plainville	655	$19,768	-	2.8%	37
197	Plymouth	7,205	$23,123	-	66.0%	36
198	Marlborough	4,812	$20,103	-	42.8%	36
199	Wellesley	4,219	$28,794	-	76.2%	36
200	Foxborough	2,479	$22,691	-	61.8%	36
201	Swampscott	2,069	$21,787	-	71.3%	36
202	Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District	1,694	$23,130	-	64.8%	36
203	Ayer Shirley School District	1,670	$20,416	-	55.6%	36
204	Millbury	1,638	$21,123	-	41.5%	36
205	Acushnet	973	$16,828	-	7.3%	36
206	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District)	388	$21,559	-	85.5%	36
207	Four Rivers Charter Public (District)	219	$24,324	-	85.8%	36
208	Malden	6,370	$19,739	-	32.4%	35
209	Westfield	4,894	$18,846	-	37.8%	35
210	Marshfield	3,799	$19,180	-	59.8%	35
211	Nashoba	3,065	$21,533	-	70.2%	35
212	Westwood	2,914	$25,784	-	74.1%	35
213	Wayland	2,783	$23,723	-	75.5%	35
214	Stoneham	2,309	$21,173	-	64.7%	35
215	Pentucket	2,261	$19,437	-	44.1%	35
216	Seekonk	2,094	$19,665	-	63.9%	35
217	Bellingham	2,027	$23,186	-	59.2%	35
218	Clinton	1,972	$19,042	-	35.6%	35
219	West Boylston	877	$21,323	-	64.0%	35
220	Rising Tide Charter Public (District)	634	$22,339	-	85.2%	35
221	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)	390	$21,054	-	84.0%	35
222	Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School (District)	261	$29,670	-	62.5%	35
223	North Middlesex	3,074	$19,775	-	53.3%	34
224	East Longmeadow	2,573	$19,224	-	55.5%	34
225	Norton	2,396	$19,484	-	54.4%	34
226	Tyngsborough	1,590	$19,738	-	53.9%	34
227	Athol-Royalston	1,583	$19,486	-	20.1%	34
228	Cohasset	1,420	$22,987	-	72.8%	34
229	Spencer-E Brookfield	1,402	$19,588	-	38.5%	34
230	Douglas	1,198	$19,336	-	44.7%	34
231	Southampton	481	$15,491	-	6.2%	34
232	Walpole	3,683	$20,507	-	66.7%	33
233	Dartmouth	3,416	$19,532	-	55.6%	33
234	Weston	2,022	$31,619	-	77.6%	33
235	Hamilton-Wenham	1,694	$23,388	-	74.4%	33
236	Somerset Berkley Regional School District	1,018	$18,281	-	54.3%	33
237	Brookfield	291	$17,285	-	8.5%	33
238	Franklin	4,781	$19,262	-	52.2%	32
239	Stoughton	3,620	$20,236	-	55.0%	32
240	Middleborough	3,065	$20,182	-	42.5%	32
241	North Reading	2,383	$21,284	-	73.1%	32
242	Groton-Dunstable	2,371	$21,526	-	60.0%	32
243	Berkley	854	$15,766	-	24.8%	32
244	Kipp Academy Boston Charter School (District)	577	$32,393	-	75.3%	32
245	Arlington	6,047	$20,753	-	62.2%	31
246	Hingham	3,837	$22,240	-	74.1%	31
247	Agawam	3,492	$22,066	-	54.3%	31
248	Mendon-Upton	2,120	$21,097	-	57.2%	31
249	King Philip	1,841	$21,885	-	64.1%	31
250	Central Berkshire	1,546	$21,061	-	51.5%	31
251	Westport	1,459	$20,909	-	52.9%	31
252	Woburn	4,353	$23,590	-	70.9%	30
253	Pembroke	2,522	$19,366	-	51.2%	30
254	Belchertown	2,136	$17,874	-	46.7%	30
255	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	783	$21,199	-	82.5%	30
256	Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public (District)	217	$20,309	-	83.5%	30
257	Belmont	4,507	$18,543	-	62.0%	29
258	Sharon	3,591	$21,307	-	54.9%	29
259	Quabbin	2,199	$19,677	-	41.6%	29
260	East Bridgewater	2,077	$18,020	-	49.7%	29
261	Fairhaven	1,844	$17,754	-	55.3%	29
262	Hopedale	1,105	$18,706	-	52.9%	29
263	Halifax	576	$15,740	-	0.8%	29
264	Needham	5,594	$23,890	-	75.6%	28
265	Acton-Boxborough	5,197	$20,676	-	62.0%	28
266	Beverly	4,648	$18,752	-	65.5%	28
267	Scituate	2,789	$21,025	-	71.6%	28
268	Medfield	2,531	$20,797	-	70.4%	28
269	Brooke Charter School (District)	2,223	$24,924	-	82.2%	28
270	Leicester	1,374	$17,537	-	35.4%	28
271	South Shore Charter Public (District)	1,054	$21,767	-	81.6%	28
272	Conservatory Lab Charter (District)	454	$29,694	-	78.2%	28
273	Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School (District)	278	$27,770	-	76.6%	28
274	Plympton	241	$18,245	-	34.3%	28
275	Braintree	5,380	$19,384	-	59.0%	27
276	Danvers	3,294	$20,707	-	65.1%	27
277	Longmeadow	2,811	$18,739	-	71.4%	27
278	Winthrop	1,953	$19,237	-	55.8%	27
279	Blackstone-Millville	1,468	$19,649	-	44.3%	27
280	Quaboag Regional	1,192	$18,804	-	33.8%	27
281	Orange	531	$17,631	-	1.0%	27
282	Billerica	4,882	$20,862	-	58.5%	26
283	Reading	3,899	$19,869	-	66.5%	26
284	Dudley-Charlton Reg	3,457	$17,816	-	39.9%	26
285	Easton	3,441	$17,684	-	49.4%	26
286	Wakefield	3,335	$21,779	-	70.5%	26
287	Freetown-Lakeville	2,809	$17,176	-	56.3%	26
288	Medway	2,142	$20,876	-	59.5%	26
289	Holbrook	1,332	$18,053	-	42.6%	26
290	Kingston	1,235	$13,436	-	4.9%	26
291	Alma Del Mar Charter School (District)	1,038	$24,075	-	77.6%	26
292	Map Academy Charter School (District)	252	$22,575	-	77.9%	26
293	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District)	250	$22,028	-	80.6%	26
294	Taunton	8,005	$18,383	-	40.0%	25
295	Leominster	6,077	$17,528	-	30.6%	25
296	North Attleborough	3,949	$17,526	-	44.3%	25
297	Gardner	2,404	$17,077	-	12.7%	25
298	Lunenburg	1,567	$18,645	-	53.4%	25
299	Innovation Academy Charter (District)	793	$19,320	-	81.7%	25
300	New Heights Charter School of Brockton (District)	741	$24,687	-	79.7%	25
301	Learning First Charter Public School (District)	667	$22,675	-	63.9%	25
302	Quincy	9,802	$20,051	-	65.3%	24
303	Peabody	5,968	$19,014	-	58.7%	24
304	Weymouth	5,676	$19,172	-	55.7%	24
305	Natick	5,410	$20,952	-	75.8%	24
306	Dracut	3,626	$15,581	-	34.3%	24
307	Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District)	1,422	$20,008	-	76.9%	24
308	Sutton	1,312	$19,173	-	59.4%	24
309	Atlantis Charter (District)	1,283	$18,457	-	70.5%	24
310	Global Learning Charter Public (District)	499	$20,319	-	80.4%	24
311	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	332	$27,437	-	83.3%	24
312	Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea (District	203	$31,305	-	91.1%	24
313	North Andover	4,491	$18,967	-	66.0%	23
314	Whitman-Hanson	3,575	$18,284	-	43.7%	23
315	Ashland	2,925	$18,002	-	56.7%	23
316	Hampden-Wilbraham	2,887	$19,517	-	60.9%	23
317	Duxbury	2,834	$20,599	-	73.9%	23
318	Abington	2,177	$18,081	-	48.1%	23
319	Swansea	2,003	$18,108	-	52.9%	23
320	Narragansett	1,485	$16,525	-	41.1%	23
321	Shrewsbury	5,943	$18,706	-	59.4%	22
322	Bridgewater-Raynham	5,521	$17,302	-	48.7%	22
323	Westford	4,762	$18,414	-	69.7%	22
324	Winchester	4,392	$19,628	-	75.0%	22
325	Canton	3,273	$21,467	-	71.4%	22
326	Auburn	2,573	$17,669	-	53.5%	22
327	Kipp Academy Lynn Charter (District)	1,612	$24,200	-	81.2%	22
328	Lowell Community Charter Public (District)	813	$21,770	-	78.5%	22
329	Argosy Collegiate Charter School (District)	553	$24,286	-	75.8%	22
330	Attleboro	5,963	$17,818	-	48.1%	21
331	Milton	4,370	$19,693	-	68.5%	21
332	Grafton	3,106	$17,306	-	62.2%	21
333	Hanover	2,612	$18,904	-	64.2%	21
334	Saugus	2,502	$20,177	-	65.9%	21
335	Ashburnham-Westminster	2,325	$16,189	-	49.8%	21
336	Tantasqua	1,770	$18,453	-	50.2%	21
337	Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District)	357	$20,782	-	77.9%	21
338	Wachusett	6,836	$17,894	-	56.4%	20
339	Holliston	2,810	$17,491	-	61.8%	20
340	Norwell	2,177	$19,734	-	71.1%	20
341	Holyoke Community Charter (District)	685	$20,750	-	70.1%	19
342	Lynnfield	2,220	$19,679	-	73.5%	18
343	Berlin-Boylston	1,084	$19,139	-	73.2%	18
344	River Valley Charter (District)	288	$20,538	-	88.0%	18
345	Littleton	1,711	$18,999	-	71.5%	17
346	Georgetown	1,286	$18,826	-	61.7%	17
347	Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	306	$19,745	-	80.7%	17
348	Chelmsford	5,114	$18,032	-	67.8%	16
349	Melrose	3,895	$16,829	-	64.2%	15
350	West Bridgewater	1,413	$15,815	-	63.1%	15
351	Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District)	966	$18,523	-	88.3%	15
352	Hampden Charter School of Science East (District)	549	$19,825	-	76.7%	12
353	Hopkinton	4,196	$17,799	-	73.6%	11
354	Pioneer Charter School of Science Ii (District)	462	$20,416	-	83.8%	11
355	Foxborough Regional Charter (District)	1,569	$17,910	-	76.8%	7
356	Springfield International Charter (District)	1,520	$18,015	-	78.1%	6
357	Greater Commonwealth Virtual District	1,155	$13,919	-	76.1%	6
358	Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (District)	862	$18,957	-	85.7%	6
359	Lawrence Family Development Charter (District)	854	$18,095	-	82.3%	5
360	Tec Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	2,940	$7,572	-	80.0%	3
361	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)	1,203	$14,003	-	81.3%	3
362	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	1,608	$17,085	-	86.3%	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 2022-23), 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.