Massachusetts · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Massachusetts The 50 Massachusetts districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$38,967 Top per-pupil spend
$28,338 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Cambridge spends $38,967 per student, the most of any Massachusetts district listed, against an average of $28,338 across the top 50.
$38,967 top spend (Cambridge)
$25,393 lowest on this list
1.5× spread across the listed districts
6,746 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Cambridge Cambridge 6,746 17 $38,967 2 Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical Lexington 691 1 $36,460 3 Martha's Vineyard Vineyard Haven 769 1 $36,380 4 Boston Roxbury 46,367 109 $34,835 5 Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical Andover 1,692 1 $32,810 6 Lincoln Lincoln 1,032 3 $32,571 7 Weston Weston 2,022 5 $31,787 8 Southern Berkshire Sheffield 618 4 $31,202 9 Amherst Amherst 1,054 3 $30,337 10 Mohawk Trail Shelburne Falls 797 4 $29,844 11 Berkshire Hills Stockbridge 1,189 3 $29,470 12 Hull Hull 787 3 $29,201 13 South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical Framingham 842 1 $29,134 14 Nantucket Nantucket 1,725 4 $28,989 15 Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical Harwich 666 1 $28,972 16 Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District) Hyde Park 695 1 $28,948 17 Brookline Brookline 7,116 13 $28,587 18 Rockport Rockport 748 3 $28,560 19 Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical Billerica 1,292 1 $28,277 20 Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District) Springfield 501 1 $28,276 21 Norfolk County Agricultural Walpole 580 1 $28,131 22 Neighborhood House Charter (District) Dorchester 766 1 $27,789 23 Watertown Watertown 2,699 5 $27,743 24 Match Charter Public School (District) Boston 1,186 1 $27,682 25 Somerville Somerville 4,884 11 $27,320 26 Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District) Cambridge 999 1 $27,204 27 Wellesley Wellesley 4,219 10 $27,059 28 Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical Bourne 769 1 $26,991 29 Gill-Montague Turners Falls 874 5 $26,986 30 Newton Newtonville 11,990 22 $26,734 31 Waltham Waltham 5,703 10 $26,713 32 Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical Marlborough 1,128 1 $26,585 33 Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical Palmer 640 1 $26,529 34 Amherst-Pelham Amherst 1,242 2 $26,425 35 Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical Turners Falls 602 1 $26,163 36 Burlington Burlington 3,486 6 $26,147 37 Randolph Randolph 2,610 6 $26,141 38 Concord Concord 1,962 4 $26,093 39 Dedham Dedham 2,556 7 $26,081 40 Boston Renaissance Charter Public (District) Hyde Park 922 1 $25,956 41 Nauset Orleans 1,328 2 $25,931 42 Salem Salem 3,752 11 $25,931 43 Boston Collegiate Charter (District) Dorchester 698 1 $25,926 44 Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical New Bedford 2,095 1 $25,753 45 Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical Canton 920 1 $25,701 46 Ralph C Mahar Orange 539 1 $25,675 47 Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical Tyngsborough 2,302 1 $25,614 48 Manchester Essex Regional Manchester 1,243 4 $25,494 49 Gateway Huntington 779 4 $25,397 50 Falmouth East Falmouth 3,001 7 $25,393
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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