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.

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 10, 2026

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State avg score: 49
National avg score: 362
Districts ranked

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