snapshot: educations costs per person, 2012
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Aug. 1, 2013
The chart shows how much is spent per resident on education. Leading the way are Sherborn, Rowe, Carlisle, and Dover. All are above $3,000 per resident. Clusters of the top towns are in the MetroWest area and south of Boston. The data, for fiscal 2012, is from the Department of Revenue.
Community | Education spending per person | Rank |
ABINGTON | $1,218 | 228 |
ACTON | $2,336 | 17 |
ACUSHNET | $1,353 | 175 |
ADAMS | $538 | 335 |
AGAWAM | $1,208 | 232 |
ALFORD | $1,046 | 290 |
AMESBURY | $1,636 | 85 |
AMHERST | $917 | 313 |
ANDOVER | $1,896 | 46 |
AQUINNAH | $2,555 | 8 |
ARLINGTON | $1,015 | 300 |
ASHBURNHAM | $1,097 | 274 |
ASHBY | $953 | 307 |
ASHFIELD | $1,261 | 213 |
ASHLAND | $1,441 | 134 |
ATHOL | $317 | 337 |
ATTLEBORO | $1,163 | 251 |
AUBURN | $1,352 | 176 |
AVON | $1,454 | 127 |
AYER | $1,243 | 218 |
BARNSTABLE | $1,347 | 178 |
BARRE | $826 | 324 |
BECKET | $1,296 | 193 |
BEDFORD | $2,413 | 11 |
BELCHERTOWN | $1,546 | 106 |
BELLINGHAM | $1,369 | 166 |
BELMONT | $1,499 | 114 |
BERKLEY | $1,621 | 88 |
BERLIN | $1,756 | 64 |
BERNARDSTON | $1,091 | 275 |
BEVERLY | $1,025 | 295 |
BILLERICA | $1,385 | 156 |
BLACKSTONE | $871 | 318 |
BLANDFORD | $1,290 | 195 |
BOLTON | $2,371 | 14 |
BOSTON | $1,334 | 181 |
BOURNE | $1,110 | 269 |
BOXBOROUGH | $2,365 | 15 |
BOXFORD | $2,146 | 24 |
BOYLSTON | $1,588 | 99 |
BRAINTREE | $1,424 | 143 |
BREWSTER | $1,601 | 93 |
BRIDGEWATER | $896 | 316 |
BRIMFIELD | $1,572 | 100 |
BROCKTON | $1,639 | 84 |
BROOKFIELD | $1,230 | 222 |
BROOKLINE | $1,364 | 169 |
BUCKLAND | $1,014 | 301 |
BURLINGTON | $1,949 | 44 |
CAMBRIDGE | $1,076 | 282 |
CANTON | $1,477 | 117 |
CARLISLE | $3,246 | 3 |
CARVER | $1,881 | 49 |
CHARLEMONT | $1,163 | 252 |
CHARLTON | $834 | 322 |
CHATHAM | $1,570 | 101 |
CHELMSFORD | $1,418 | 146 |
CHELSEA | $1,817 | 58 |
CHESHIRE | $839 | 321 |
CHESTER | $1,284 | 199 |
CHESTERFIELD | $1,363 | 172 |
CHICOPEE | $1,298 | 191 |
CHILMARK | NA | NA |
CLARKSBURG | $1,492 | 115 |
CLINTON | $1,279 | 204 |
COHASSET | $2,066 | 32 |
COLRAIN | $1,080 | 280 |
Community | Education spending per person | Rank |
CONCORD | $2,477 | 9 |
CONWAY | $1,412 | 147 |
CUMMINGTON | $1,102 | 272 |
DALTON | $1,200 | 237 |
DANVERS | $1,274 | 205 |
DARTMOUTH | $1,088 | 277 |
DEDHAM | NA | NA |
DEERFIELD | $1,365 | 167 |
DENNIS | $1,152 | 256 |
DIGHTON | $1,221 | 225 |
DOUGLAS | $1,474 | 119 |
DOVER | $3,009 | 4 |
DRACUT | $1,073 | 283 |
DUDLEY | $585 | 334 |
DUNSTABLE | $1,444 | 132 |
DUXBURY | $1,921 | 45 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | $1,284 | 200 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | $863 | 320 |
EASTHAM | $1,451 | 129 |
EASTHAMPTON | $921 | 312 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | $1,625 | 87 |
EASTON | $1,432 | 139 |
EDGARTOWN | $2,312 | 19 |
EGREMONT | $1,129 | 263 |
ERVING | $1,606 | 92 |
ESSEX | $2,010 | 37 |
EVERETT | $1,418 | 145 |
FAIRHAVEN | $1,280 | 203 |
FALL RIVER | $977 | 306 |
FALMOUTH | $1,391 | 155 |
FITCHBURG | $1,146 | 258 |
FLORIDA | $1,823 | 57 |
FOXBOROUGH | $1,620 | 89 |
FRAMINGHAM | $1,469 | 122 |
FRANKLIN | $1,672 | 79 |
FREETOWN | $1,140 | 260 |
GARDNER | $1,020 | 297 |
GEORGETOWN | $1,597 | 95 |
GILL | $1,020 | 296 |
GLOUCESTER | $1,035 | 293 |
GOSHEN | $1,204 | 233 |
GOSNOLD | NA | NA |
GRAFTON | $1,364 | 170 |
GRANBY | $1,383 | 158 |
GRANVILLE | $1,727 | 71 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | $1,593 | 97 |
GREENFIELD | $930 | 310 |
GROTON | $1,525 | 109 |
GROVELAND | $1,169 | 249 |
HADLEY | $1,026 | 294 |
HALIFAX | $1,371 | 163 |
HAMILTON | $1,992 | 39 |
HAMPDEN | $1,377 | 160 |
HANCOCK | $1,425 | 142 |
HANOVER | $1,748 | 66 |
HANSON | $807 | 326 |
HARDWICK | $727 | 330 |
HARVARD | $1,775 | 62 |
HARWICH | $1,321 | 183 |
HATFIELD | NA | NA |
HAVERHILL | $1,113 | 268 |
HAWLEY | $1,154 | 255 |
HEATH | $1,201 | 235 |
HINGHAM | $1,688 | 77 |
HINSDALE | NA | NA |
HOLBROOK | $1,220 | 226 |
HOLDEN | $1,225 | 224 |
HOLLAND | $1,438 | 135 |
HOLLISTON | $2,042 | 34 |
HOLYOKE | $1,501 | 113 |
HOPEDALE | $1,641 | 83 |
HOPKINTON | $2,243 | 22 |
HUBBARDSTON | NA | NA |
HUDSON | $1,767 | 63 |
HULL | $1,244 | 216 |
HUNTINGTON | $1,243 | 217 |
IPSWICH | $1,612 | 91 |
KINGSTON | $1,423 | 144 |
LAKEVILLE | $1,175 | 246 |
LANCASTER | $1,193 | 239 |
LANESBOROUGH | $1,747 | 68 |
LAWRENCE | $1,806 | 60 |
LEE | $1,288 | 197 |
LEICESTER | $1,394 | 153 |
LENOX | $1,646 | 82 |
LEOMINSTER | $1,284 | 198 |
LEVERETT | $1,831 | 56 |
LEXINGTON | $2,311 | 20 |
LEYDEN | $1,295 | 194 |
LINCOLN | $2,071 | 30 |
LITTLETON | $1,747 | 67 |
LONGMEADOW | $1,854 | 53 |
LOWELL | $1,303 | 188 |
LUDLOW | $1,186 | 243 |
LUNENBURG | $1,539 | 108 |
LYNN | $1,174 | 247 |
LYNNFIELD | $1,837 | 55 |
MALDEN | $882 | 317 |
MANCHESTER | $2,389 | 13 |
MANSFIELD | $1,693 | 76 |
MARBLEHEAD | $1,457 | 124 |
MARION | $1,878 | 50 |
MARLBOROUGH | $1,385 | 157 |
MARSHFIELD | $1,625 | 86 |
MASHPEE | $1,435 | 137 |
MATTAPOISETT | $1,856 | 52 |
MAYNARD | $1,400 | 151 |
MEDFIELD | $2,264 | 21 |
MEDFORD | NA | NA |
MEDWAY | $1,888 | 48 |
MELROSE | $1,071 | 284 |
MENDON | $1,240 | 219 |
MERRIMAC | $1,081 | 278 |
METHUEN | $1,370 | 164 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | $1,264 | 211 |
MIDDLEFIELD | $1,147 | 257 |
MIDDLETON | $1,754 | 65 |
MILFORD | $1,394 | 154 |
MILLBURY | $1,382 | 159 |
MILLIS | $1,557 | 103 |
MILLVILLE | $815 | 325 |
MILTON | $1,289 | 196 |
MONROE | $1,402 | 150 |
MONSON | $1,339 | 180 |
MONTAGUE | $980 | 305 |
MONTEREY | $1,117 | 266 |
MONTGOMERY | NA | NA |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | NA | NA |
NAHANT | $925 | 311 |
NANTUCKET | $2,127 | 25 |
NATICK | $1,455 | 126 |
NEEDHAM | $1,849 | 54 |
NEW ASHFORD | $1,988 | 41 |
NEW BEDFORD | $1,134 | 262 |
NEW BRAINTREE | $1,143 | 259 |
NEWBURY | $1,370 | 165 |
NEWBURYPORT | $1,281 | 202 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | $1,502 | 112 |
NEW SALEM | $1,365 | 168 |
NEWTON | $1,671 | 80 |
NORFOLK | $1,507 | 110 |
NORTH ADAMS | $1,200 | 236 |
NORTHAMPTON | $1,043 | 291 |
NORTH ANDOVER | $1,312 | 185 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | $1,259 | 214 |
NORTHBOROUGH | $1,992 | 40 |
NORTHBRIDGE | $1,374 | 161 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | $1,193 | 238 |
NORTHFIELD | $1,356 | 173 |
NORTH READING | $1,662 | 81 |
NORTON | $1,233 | 221 |
NORWELL | $1,893 | 47 |
NORWOOD | $1,557 | 104 |
OAK BLUFFS | $1,999 | 38 |
OAKHAM | $903 | 315 |
ORANGE | $1,203 | 234 |
ORLEANS | $1,313 | 184 |
OTIS | $1,450 | 130 |
OXFORD | $1,191 | 241 |
PALMER | $1,363 | 171 |
PAXTON | $1,104 | 271 |
PEABODY | $1,017 | 298 |
PELHAM | $1,859 | 51 |
PEMBROKE | $1,476 | 118 |
PEPPERELL | $994 | 303 |
PERU | $1,102 | 273 |
PETERSHAM | $1,726 | 72 |
PHILLIPSTON | $950 | 308 |
PITTSFIELD | $1,184 | 244 |
PLAINFIELD | $1,186 | 242 |
PLAINVILLE | $1,465 | 123 |
PLYMOUTH | $1,345 | 179 |
PLYMPTON | $1,599 | 94 |
PRINCETON | $1,474 | 120 |
PROVINCETOWN | $1,058 | 288 |
QUINCY | $915 | 314 |
RANDOLPH | $1,355 | 174 |
RAYNHAM | $1,269 | 207 |
READING | $1,471 | 121 |
REHOBOTH | $1,115 | 267 |
REVERE | $1,156 | 254 |
RICHMOND | $1,959 | 42 |
ROCHESTER | $2,067 | 31 |
ROCKLAND | $1,192 | 240 |
ROCKPORT | $1,456 | 125 |
ROWE | $3,341 | 2 |
ROWLEY | $1,351 | 177 |
ROYALSTON | $448 | 336 |
RUSSELL | $1,110 | 270 |
RUTLAND | $1,046 | 289 |
SALEM | $1,215 | 229 |
SALISBURY | $1,162 | 253 |
SANDISFIELD | $1,398 | 152 |
SANDWICH | $1,452 | 128 |
SAUGUS | $1,081 | 279 |
SAVOY | $1,304 | 187 |
SCITUATE | $1,614 | 90 |
SEEKONK | $1,436 | 136 |
SHARON | $2,056 | 33 |
SHEFFIELD | $1,814 | 59 |
SHELBURNE | $1,004 | 302 |
SHERBORN | $3,570 | 1 |
SHIRLEY | $766 | 328 |
SHREWSBURY | $1,302 | 189 |
SHUTESBURY | $1,788 | 61 |
SOMERSET | $1,502 | 111 |
SOMERVILLE | $665 | 331 |
SOUTHAMPTON | $1,450 | 131 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | $2,447 | 10 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | $1,443 | 133 |
SOUTH HADLEY | $1,088 | 276 |
SOUTHWICK | $865 | 319 |
SPENCER | $662 | 332 |
SPRINGFIELD | $2,116 | 27 |
STERLING | NA | NA |
STOCKBRIDGE | $1,304 | 186 |
STONEHAM | $1,119 | 265 |
STOUGHTON | $1,371 | 162 |
STOW | $2,120 | 26 |
STURBRIDGE | $1,590 | 98 |
SUDBURY | $2,805 | 7 |
SUNDERLAND | $1,064 | 286 |
SUTTON | $1,565 | 102 |
SWAMPSCOTT | $1,735 | 70 |
SWANSEA | $1,174 | 248 |
TAUNTON | $1,213 | 230 |
TEMPLETON | NA | NA |
TEWKSBURY | $1,404 | 149 |
TISBURY | $2,356 | 16 |
TOLLAND | NA | NA |
TOPSFIELD | $1,954 | 43 |
TOWNSEND | $992 | 304 |
TRURO | $2,040 | 35 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | $1,544 | 107 |
TYRINGHAM | $832 | 323 |
UPTON | $1,283 | 201 |
UXBRIDGE | $1,480 | 116 |
WAKEFIELD | $1,124 | 264 |
WALES | $1,180 | 245 |
WALPOLE | $1,432 | 138 |
WALTHAM | $1,036 | 292 |
WARE | $1,266 | 210 |
WAREHAM | $1,333 | 182 |
WARREN | $635 | 333 |
WARWICK | $1,068 | 285 |
WASHINGTON | $1,137 | 261 |
WATERTOWN | $1,062 | 287 |
WAYLAND | $2,410 | 12 |
WEBSTER | NA | NA |
WELLESLEY | $2,098 | 28 |
WELLFLEET | $1,704 | 74 |
WENDELL | $1,219 | 227 |
WENHAM | $1,594 | 96 |
WESTBOROUGH | $2,218 | 23 |
WEST BOYLSTON | $1,273 | 206 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | $1,431 | 140 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | $795 | 327 |
WESTFIELD | $1,298 | 192 |
WESTFORD | $2,091 | 29 |
WESTHAMPTON | $1,703 | 75 |
WESTMINSTER | $1,262 | 212 |
WEST NEWBURY | $1,301 | 190 |
WESTON | $2,957 | 5 |
WESTPORT | $1,079 | 281 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | $1,268 | 208 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | $2,017 | 36 |
WEST TISBURY | $2,896 | 6 |
WESTWOOD | $2,330 | 18 |
WEYMOUTH | $1,017 | 299 |
WHATELY | $1,739 | 69 |
WHITMAN | $759 | 329 |
WILBRAHAM | $1,425 | 141 |
WILLIAMSBURG | $1,212 | 231 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | $1,236 | 220 |
WILMINGTON | $1,722 | 73 |
WINCHENDON | $1,405 | 148 |
WINCHESTER | $1,672 | 78 |
WINDSOR | $1,248 | 215 |
WINTHROP | $947 | 309 |
WOBURN | $1,267 | 209 |
WORCESTER | $1,230 | 223 |
WORTHINGTON | NA | NA |
WRENTHAM | $1,551 | 105 |
YARMOUTH | $1,164 | 250 |