School Spending in Massachusetts
Schools ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure. Only includes schools with 50+ students.
$28,509
Massachusetts Avg Per Student
+46% vs National
National Avg: $19,490
Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2021-22). Schools in the same district share the same figure.
| # | School | District | Per Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John W Rogers Middle Rockland · elementary | Rockland | $90,848 |
| 2 | Jefferson Elementary School Rockland · elementary | Rockland | $90,848 |
| 3 | Rockland Senior High Rockland · high | Rockland | $90,848 |
| 4 | Memorial Park Rockland · elementary | Rockland | $90,848 |
| 5 | R Stewart Esten Rockland · elementary | Rockland | $90,848 |
| 6 | Bristol County Agricultural High Dighton · high | Bristol County Agricultural | $86,828 |
| 7 | Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical Harwich · high | Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical | $85,217 |
| 8 | Truro Central Truro · other | Truro | $85,216 |
| 9 | Attleboro High Attleboro · high | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 10 | Cyril K. Brennan Middle School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 11 | Wamsutta Middle School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 12 | Robert J. Coelho Middle School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 13 | Hyman Fine Elementary School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 14 | Peter Thacher Elementary School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 15 | Hill-Roberts Elementary School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 16 | Thomas Willett Elementary School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 17 | A. Irvin Studley Elementary School Attleboro · elementary | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 18 | Early Learning Center Attleboro · other | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 19 | Attleboro Community Academy Attleboro · high | Attleboro | $83,041 |
| 20 | Lincoln School Lincoln · other | Lincoln | $76,523 |
| 21 | Hanscom Middle Bedford · elementary | Lincoln | $76,523 |
| 22 | Hanscom Primary Hanscom Air Force Bs · other | Lincoln | $76,523 |
| 23 | Millbury Junior/Senior High Millbury · other | Millbury | $73,038 |
| 24 | Elmwood Street Millbury · other | Millbury | $73,038 |
| 25 | Raymond E. Shaw Elementary Millbury · elementary | Millbury | $73,038 |
| 26 | Sharon High Sharon · high | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 27 | Sharon Middle Sharon · middle | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 28 | Heights Elementary Sharon · elementary | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 29 | East Elementary Sharon · elementary | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 30 | Cottage Street Sharon · elementary | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 31 | Sharon Early Childhood Center Sharon · other | Sharon | $72,627 |
| 32 | Watertown High Watertown · high | Watertown | $68,134 |
| 33 | Hosmer Watertown · other | Watertown | $68,134 |
| 34 | Watertown Middle Watertown · middle | Watertown | $68,134 |
| 35 | James Russell Lowell Watertown · elementary | Watertown | $68,134 |
| 36 | Cunniff Watertown · elementary | Watertown | $68,134 |
| 37 | Waltham Sr High Waltham · high | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 38 | John F Kennedy Middle Waltham · middle | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 39 | John W. McDevitt Middle School Waltham · middle | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 40 | Northeast Elementary School Waltham · other | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 41 | Douglas MacArthur Elementary School Waltham · elementary | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 42 | William F. Stanley Elementary School Waltham · other | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 43 | Henry Whittemore Elementary School Waltham · elementary | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 44 | Thomas R Plympton Elementary School Waltham · elementary | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 45 | James Fitzgerald Elementary School Waltham · elementary | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 46 | Waltham Public Schools Dual Language Program Waltham · elementary | Waltham | $65,788 |
| 47 | Minuteman Regional High Lexington · high | Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical | $63,783 |
| 48 | Gardner Elementary School Gardner · other | Gardner | $62,174 |
| 49 | Gardner High Gardner · other | Gardner | $62,174 |
| 50 | Gardner Middle School Gardner · elementary | Gardner | $62,174 |
| 51 | Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology Gardner · high | Gardner | $62,174 |
| 52 | Provincetown Schools Provincetown · other | Provincetown | $61,915 |
| 53 | Wareham Elementary School Wareham · other | Wareham | $61,846 |
| 54 | Wareham Senior High Wareham · other | Wareham | $61,846 |
| 55 | Wareham Middle Wareham · elementary | Wareham | $61,846 |
| 56 | Brookline High Brookline · high | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 57 | Florida Ruffin Ridley School Brookline · other | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 58 | Edith C Baker Chestnut Hill · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 59 | Lawrence Brookline · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 60 | Pierce Brookline · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 61 | Michael Driscoll Brookline · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 62 | William H Lincoln Brookline · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 63 | John D Runkle Brookline · other | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 64 | Heath Chestnut Hill · elementary | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 65 | Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road Brookline · other | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 66 | The Lynch Center Brookline · other | Brookline | $60,665 |
| 67 | Oliver Ames High North Easton · high | Easton | $59,607 |
| 68 | Easton Middle School North Easton · middle | Easton | $59,607 |
| 69 | Blanche A. Ames Elementary School North Easton · other | Easton | $59,607 |
| 70 | Richardson Olmsted School North Easton · elementary | Easton | $59,607 |
| 71 | Pentucket Regional Sr High West Newbury · high | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 72 | Elmer S Bagnall Groveland · other | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 73 | Pentucket Regional Middle West Newbury · middle | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 74 | Dr John C Page School West Newbury · other | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 75 | Helen R Donaghue School Merrimac · elementary | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 76 | Dr Frederick N Sweetsir Merrimac · other | Pentucket | $59,291 |
| 77 | Mountain View School Easthampton · other | Easthampton | $58,679 |
| 78 | Easthampton High Easthampton · high | Easthampton | $58,679 |
| 79 | Belmont High Belmont · high | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 80 | Winthrop L Chenery Middle Belmont · elementary | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 81 | Roger E Wellington Belmont · other | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 82 | Winn Brook Belmont · elementary | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 83 | Daniel Butler Belmont · elementary | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 84 | Mary Lee Burbank Belmont · elementary | Belmont | $58,674 |
| 85 | Westport Middle-High School Westport · other | Westport | $56,201 |
| 86 | Westport Elementary Westport · elementary | Westport | $56,201 |
| 87 | Alice A Macomber Westport · other | Westport | $56,201 |
| 88 | Amesbury Elementary Amesbury · other | Amesbury | $54,817 |
| 89 | Amesbury High Amesbury · high | Amesbury | $54,817 |
| 90 | Charles C Cashman Elementary Amesbury · other | Amesbury | $54,817 |
| 91 | Amesbury Middle Amesbury · elementary | Amesbury | $54,817 |
| 92 | Amesbury Innovation High School Amesbury · high | Amesbury | $54,817 |
| 93 | Cambridge Rindge and Latin Cambridge · high | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 94 | Amigos School Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 95 | King Open Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 96 | Graham and Parks Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 97 | Maria L. Baldwin Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 98 | Martin Luther King Jr. Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 99 | Morse Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
| 100 | Peabody Cambridge · other | Cambridge | $53,724 |
Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.
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