snapshot: students in public schools, 2011
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Aug. 29, 2013
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education breaks out where students attend school. This data shows the percent attending public schools. That includes local public, charters, out-of-town public, regionals, vocationals, and collaboratives. The data is for 2011.
| Community | Percent attending public school | State rank | Total students |
| ABINGTON | 87.2% | 282 | 2,528 |
| ACTON | 96.8% | 46 | 5,049 |
| ACUSHNET | 92.1% | 184 | 1,565 |
| ADAMS | 92.8% | 170 | 1,278 |
| AGAWAM | 95.0% | 92 | 4,260 |
| ALFORD | 64.6% | 346 | 48 |
| AMESBURY | 91.4% | 213 | 2,718 |
| AMHERST | 91.4% | 211 | 2,739 |
| ANDOVER | 81.7% | 332 | 7,557 |
| AQUINNAH | 95.7% | 68 | 46 |
| ARLINGTON | 81.9% | 331 | 5,929 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 94.4% | 116 | 1,140 |
| ASHBY | 91.9% | 193 | 555 |
| ASHFIELD | 82.4% | 327 | 245 |
| ASHLAND | 91.8% | 196 | 2,849 |
| ATHOL | 97.9% | 22 | 1,778 |
| ATTLEBORO | 90.3% | 246 | 6,778 |
| AUBURN | 93.7% | 140 | 2,637 |
| AVON | 92.2% | 181 | 645 |
| AYER | 95.7% | 67 | 1,091 |
| BARNSTABLE | 90.7% | 239 | 5,991 |
| BARRE | 97.0% | 41 | 936 |
| BECKET | 91.1% | 220 | 203 |
| BEDFORD | 94.4% | 114 | 2,422 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 95.8% | 65 | 2,819 |
| BELLINGHAM | na | na | na |
| BELMONT | 87.1% | 284 | 4,387 |
| BERKLEY | 93.3% | 158 | 1,247 |
| BERLIN | 85.9% | 302 | 447 |
| BERNARDSTON | 94.9% | 95 | 313 |
| BEVERLY | 82.2% | 330 | 5,257 |
| BILLERICA | 94.9% | 93 | 6,693 |
| BLACKSTONE | 97.5% | 28 | 1,469 |
| BLANDFORD | 95.7% | 66 | 163 |
| BOLTON | 97.7% | 24 | 1,098 |
| BOSTON | 86.7% | 290 | 71,830 |
| BOURNE | 90.9% | 228 | 2,611 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 95.9% | 62 | 1,025 |
| BOXFORD | 88.8% | 270 | 1,765 |
| BOYLSTON | 86.2% | 299 | 731 |
| BRAINTREE | 90.5% | 243 | 5,967 |
| BREWSTER | 99.0% | 10 | 1,128 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 90.1% | 251 | 3,830 |
| BRIMFIELD | 97.3% | 33 | 597 |
| BROCKTON | 96.3% | 54 | 17,995 |
| BROOKFIELD | 96.1% | 56 | 518 |
| BROOKLINE | 86.6% | 293 | 7,071 |
| BUCKLAND | 91.6% | 206 | 250 |
| BURLINGTON | 94.2% | 122 | 3,861 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 82.4% | 329 | 7,270 |
| CANTON | na | na | na |
| CARLISLE | 86.8% | 288 | 1,101 |
| CARVER | 94.7% | 105 | 1,939 |
| CHARLEMONT | 95.4% | 72 | 175 |
| CHARLTON | 94.0% | 130 | 2,481 |
| CHATHAM | 98.7% | 12 | 448 |
| CHELMSFORD | 95.1% | 87 | 5,754 |
| CHELSEA | 98.1% | 20 | 6,138 |
| CHESHIRE | 95.1% | 85 | 409 |
| CHESTER | 93.5% | 149 | 216 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 97.1% | 39 | 173 |
| CHICOPEE | 91.6% | 207 | 8,242 |
| CHILMARK | 92.9% | 167 | 113 |
| CLARKSBURG | 98.2% | 18 | 274 |
| CLINTON | 94.7% | 106 | 2,027 |
| COHASSET | 83.7% | 322 | 1,738 |
| COLRAIN | 90.0% | 252 | 211 |
| CONCORD | 82.4% | 328 | 3,149 |
| CONWAY | 88.0% | 276 | 308 |
| CUMMINGTON | 77.8% | 343 | 117 |
| DALTON | 92.0% | 189 | 1,119 |
| DANVERS | 91.6% | 208 | 4,072 |
| DARTMOUTH | 91.5% | 210 | 4,458 |
| DEDHAM | 84.5% | 316 | 3,402 |
| DEERFIELD | 86.7% | 291 | 847 |
| DENNIS | 93.8% | 134 | 1,373 |
| DEVENS | 100.0% | 1 | 76 |
| DIGHTON | 94.8% | 102 | 1,381 |
| DOUGLAS | 94.5% | 111 | 1,738 |
| DOVER | 80.6% | 337 | 1,437 |
| DRACUT | 87.9% | 277 | 5,035 |
| DUDLEY | 95.5% | 71 | 2,019 |
| DUNSTABLE | 91.4% | 212 | 729 |
| DUXBURY | 93.8% | 135 | 3,397 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 93.4% | 154 | 2,534 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 95.4% | 76 | 389 |
| EASTHAM | 99.6% | 8 | 498 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 90.8% | 233 | 1,987 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 97.7% | 25 | 2,888 |
| EASTON | 96.8% | 44 | 4,018 |
| EDGARTOWN | 96.8% | 47 | 591 |
| EGREMONT | 68.0% | 344 | 128 |
| ERVING | 98.2% | 19 | 273 |
| ESSEX | 93.0% | 166 | 604 |
| EVERETT | 93.4% | 153 | 6,942 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 93.5% | 152 | 2,315 |
| FALL RIVER | 91.3% | 216 | 12,827 |
| FALMOUTH | 92.2% | 182 | 4,039 |
| FITCHBURG | 91.8% | 198 | 6,212 |
| FLORIDA | 98.2% | 17 | 110 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 92.8% | 169 | 3,019 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 93.2% | 161 | 9,458 |
| FRANKLIN | 94.3% | 119 | 6,873 |
| FREETOWN | 94.6% | 110 | 1,459 |
| GARDNER | 90.8% | 234 | 2,908 |
| GEORGETOWN | 97.3% | 34 | 1,655 |
| GILL | 86.4% | 297 | 198 |
| GLOUCESTER | 94.1% | 124 | 3,677 |
| GOSHEN | 97.9% | 21 | 141 |
| GOSNOLD | 83.3% | 323 | 6 |
| GRAFTON | na | na | na |
| GRANBY | 94.0% | 128 | 1,187 |
| GRANVILLE | 92.2% | 183 | 218 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 81.0% | 335 | 899 |
| GREENFIELD | 92.3% | 180 | 2,226 |
| GROTON | 86.5% | 294 | 2,382 |
| GROVELAND | 93.9% | 133 | 1,304 |
| HADLEY | 92.4% | 178 | 710 |
| HALIFAX | 95.9% | 63 | 1,268 |
| HAMILTON | 82.7% | 326 | 1,539 |
| HAMPDEN | 95.1% | 88 | 854 |
| HANCOCK | 93.7% | 145 | 95 |
| HANOVER | 92.9% | 168 | 3,002 |
| HANSON | 96.1% | 59 | 2,042 |
| HARDWICK | 97.5% | 29 | 397 |
| HARVARD | 94.8% | 100 | 1,194 |
| HARWICH | 95.1% | 84 | 1,520 |
| HATFIELD | 90.4% | 245 | 407 |
| HAVERHILL | 89.1% | 267 | 9,609 |
| HAWLEY | 97.4% | 31 | 39 |
| HEATH | 91.9% | 191 | 99 |
| HINGHAM | 89.8% | 254 | 4,579 |
| HINSDALE | 91.3% | 214 | 300 |
| HOLBROOK | 84.6% | 313 | 1,591 |
| HOLDEN | 92.8% | 172 | 3,386 |
| HOLLAND | 97.4% | 30 | 392 |
| HOLLISTON | 94.4% | 117 | 2,859 |
| HOLYOKE | 100.0% | 7 | 5,589 |
| HOPEDALE | 96.1% | 60 | 1,171 |
| HOPKINTON | 93.7% | 142 | 3,543 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 93.2% | 159 | 853 |
| HUDSON | 95.9% | 64 | 3,221 |
| HULL | 89.7% | 258 | 1,239 |
| HUNTINGTON | 86.6% | 292 | 352 |
| IPSWICH | 89.8% | 257 | 2,168 |
| KINGSTON | 88.8% | 271 | 2,462 |
| LAKEVILLE | 93.3% | 155 | 2,014 |
| LANCASTER | 97.2% | 35 | 1,015 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 95.1% | 89 | 467 |
| LAWRENCE | 91.9% | 192 | 15,807 |
| LEE | 89.0% | 268 | 801 |
| LEICESTER | 94.2% | 123 | 1,817 |
| LENOX | 90.5% | 244 | 653 |
| LEOMINSTER | 92.0% | 187 | 6,744 |
| LEVERETT | 90.6% | 241 | 160 |
| LEXINGTON | 89.7% | 259 | 7,408 |
| LEYDEN | 80.2% | 338 | 96 |
| LINCOLN | na | na | na |
| LITTLETON | 93.6% | 148 | 1,754 |
| LONGMEADOW | 89.4% | 263 | 3,145 |
| LOWELL | 90.8% | 230 | 17,138 |
| LUDLOW | 93.7% | 146 | 3,071 |
| LUNENBURG | 93.7% | 144 | 1,797 |
| LYNN | 90.8% | 232 | 15,669 |
| LYNNFIELD | 91.0% | 227 | 2,432 |
| MALDEN | 94.8% | 99 | 6,816 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 89.5% | 262 | 968 |
| MANSFIELD | 93.2% | 162 | 5,117 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 85.9% | 301 | 3,760 |
| MARION | 86.5% | 295 | 879 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 91.8% | 197 | 5,649 |
| MARSHFIELD | 94.5% | 112 | 4,767 |
| MASHPEE | 94.1% | 125 | 1,923 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 90.6% | 240 | 1,016 |
| MAYNARD | 97.5% | 27 | 1,510 |
| MEDFIELD | 93.1% | 163 | 3,072 |
| MEDFORD | 83.9% | 321 | 6,004 |
| MEDWAY | 94.9% | 94 | 2,715 |
| MELROSE | 84.8% | 312 | 4,351 |
| MENDON | 91.1% | 222 | 1,290 |
| MERRIMAC | 93.8% | 136 | 1,239 |
| METHUEN | 90.0% | 253 | 8,377 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 92.3% | 179 | 3,889 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 95.2% | 81 | 63 |
| MIDDLETON | 96.2% | 55 | 1,545 |
| MILFORD | 95.2% | 83 | 4,389 |
| MILLBURY | 93.6% | 147 | 1,998 |
| MILLIS | 95.1% | 90 | 1,556 |
| MILLVILLE | 96.0% | 61 | 642 |
| MILTON | 78.8% | 340 | 4,960 |
| MONROE | 100.0% | 1 | 9 |
| MONSON | 94.2% | 121 | 1,462 |
| MONTAGUE | 93.8% | 139 | 1,056 |
| MONTEREY | 87.0% | 287 | 92 |
| MONTGOMERY | 97.1% | 37 | 105 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 100.0% | 1 | 12 |
| NAHANT | 83.1% | 324 | 409 |
| NANTUCKET | 84.9% | 309 | 1,558 |
| NATICK | 88.4% | 274 | 5,569 |
| NEEDHAM | 82.8% | 325 | 6,328 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 100.0% | 1 | 38 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 95.2% | 82 | 15,193 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 95.6% | 69 | 160 |
| NEWBURY | 88.7% | 272 | 1,071 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 87.1% | 283 | 2,765 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 84.8% | 311 | 197 |
| NEW SALEM | 89.6% | 260 | 77 |
| NEWTON | 80.8% | 336 | 14,175 |
| NORFOLK | 86.3% | 298 | 1,963 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 97.1% | 38 | 1,671 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 85.6% | 304 | 3,312 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 84.0% | 319 | 5,547 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 90.2% | 249 | 5,452 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 93.7% | 141 | 2,988 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 89.2% | 265 | 3,002 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 94.6% | 109 | 721 |
| NORTHFIELD | 92.4% | 177 | 489 |
| NORTH READING | 91.7% | 200 | 2,861 |
| NORTON | 90.7% | 237 | 3,169 |
| NORWELL | 94.4% | 118 | 2,427 |
| NORWOOD | 87.5% | 281 | 4,007 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 98.5% | 15 | 584 |
| OAKHAM | 91.7% | 201 | 324 |
| ORANGE | 96.8% | 48 | 712 |
| ORLEANS | 98.9% | 11 | 462 |
| OTIS | 91.0% | 226 | 178 |
| OXFORD | 92.5% | 176 | 2,340 |
| PALMER | 95.4% | 74 | 1,919 |
| PAXTON | 89.1% | 266 | 810 |
| PEABODY | 85.3% | 308 | 7,079 |
| PELHAM | 94.9% | 97 | 78 |
| PEMBROKE | 94.0% | 127 | 3,424 |
| PEPPERELL | 90.8% | 231 | 2,195 |
| PERU | 93.5% | 150 | 123 |
| PETERSHAM | 91.8% | 195 | 184 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 93.5% | 151 | 292 |
| PITTSFIELD | 93.9% | 132 | 6,596 |
| PLAINFIELD | 91.0% | 223 | 78 |
| PLAINVILLE | 94.9% | 98 | 1,499 |
| PLYMOUTH | 92.5% | 175 | 8,929 |
| PLYMPTON | 94.4% | 115 | 466 |
| PRINCETON | 86.4% | 296 | 610 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 98.4% | 16 | 128 |
| QUINCY | 87.9% | 278 | 10,302 |
| RANDOLPH | 81.4% | 333 | 4,245 |
| RAYNHAM | 91.9% | 194 | 2,479 |
| READING | 94.7% | 107 | 4,583 |
| REHOBOTH | 87.8% | 279 | 2,128 |
| REVERE | 94.6% | 108 | 7,177 |
| RICHMOND | 95.4% | 73 | 153 |
| ROCHESTER | 95.4% | 79 | 1,054 |
| ROCKLAND | 84.1% | 317 | 2,798 |
| ROCKPORT | 94.2% | 120 | 846 |
| ROWE | 96.9% | 43 | 64 |
| ROWLEY | 93.1% | 164 | 1,041 |
| ROYALSTON | 100.0% | 1 | 156 |
| RUSSELL | 85.7% | 303 | 322 |
| RUTLAND | 95.3% | 80 | 1,769 |
| SALEM | 93.1% | 165 | 5,273 |
| SALISBURY | 96.4% | 53 | 1,082 |
| SANDISFIELD | 94.0% | 129 | 100 |
| SANDWICH | 92.0% | 190 | 3,765 |
| SAUGUS | 84.5% | 315 | 3,635 |
| SAVOY | 90.7% | 238 | 107 |
| SCITUATE | na | na | na |
| SEEKONK | 90.2% | 248 | 2,426 |
| SHARON | 83.9% | 320 | 4,111 |
| SHEFFIELD | 87.0% | 286 | 494 |
| SHELBURNE | 87.6% | 280 | 210 |
| SHERBORN | 89.8% | 255 | 1,038 |
| SHIRLEY | 92.0% | 188 | 796 |
| SHREWSBURY | 85.4% | 307 | 7,021 |
| SHUTESBURY | 91.3% | 217 | 161 |
| SOMERSET | 97.8% | 23 | 2,720 |
| SOMERVILLE | 90.3% | 247 | 5,758 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 95.4% | 78 | 970 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 90.1% | 250 | 2,297 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 95.1% | 91 | 2,687 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 92.8% | 171 | 2,093 |
| SOUTHWICK | 92.6% | 174 | 1,549 |
| SPENCER | 94.1% | 126 | 1,752 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 93.8% | 137 | 28,435 |
| STERLING | 91.7% | 199 | 1,456 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 84.8% | 310 | 184 |
| STONEHAM | 84.0% | 318 | 3,031 |
| STOUGHTON | 93.8% | 138 | 4,155 |
| STOW | 96.1% | 58 | 1,304 |
| STURBRIDGE | 95.5% | 70 | 1,688 |
| SUDBURY | 94.8% | 103 | 3,072 |
| SUNDERLAND | 94.9% | 96 | 352 |
| SUTTON | 88.4% | 273 | 1,820 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 89.8% | 256 | 2,534 |
| SWANSEA | 91.6% | 203 | 2,391 |
| TAUNTON | 93.2% | 160 | 9,040 |
| TEMPLETON | 93.3% | 156 | 1,369 |
| TEWKSBURY | 90.5% | 242 | 4,854 |
| TISBURY | 95.1% | 86 | 551 |
| TOLLAND | 91.5% | 209 | 71 |
| TOPSFIELD | 91.0% | 224 | 1,314 |
| TOWNSEND | 94.7% | 104 | 1,657 |
| TRURO | 98.5% | 13 | 200 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 89.0% | 269 | 2,207 |
| TYRINGHAM | 96.7% | 51 | 30 |
| UPTON | 90.8% | 235 | 1,607 |
| UXBRIDGE | 89.5% | 261 | 2,359 |
| WAKEFIELD | 92.1% | 185 | 3,746 |
| WALES | 96.1% | 57 | 282 |
| WALPOLE | 87.1% | 285 | 4,580 |
| WALTHAM | 86.8% | 289 | 5,584 |
| WARE | 92.7% | 173 | 1,461 |
| WAREHAM | 94.5% | 113 | 3,284 |
| WARREN | 95.4% | 75 | 848 |
| WARWICK | 93.9% | 131 | 99 |
| WASHINGTON | 100.0% | 1 | 55 |
| WATERTOWN | 85.5% | 305 | 3,029 |
| WAYLAND | 92.0% | 186 | 2,729 |
| WEBSTER | 84.5% | 314 | 2,441 |
| WELLESLEY | 81.4% | 334 | 5,781 |
| WELLFLEET | 99.3% | 9 | 288 |
| WENDELL | 85.4% | 306 | 48 |
| WENHAM | 77.8% | 342 | 748 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 95.4% | 77 | 3,625 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 94.8% | 101 | 998 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 97.7% | 26 | 1,115 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 98.5% | 14 | 532 |
| WESTFIELD | 96.7% | 49 | 6,024 |
| WESTFORD | 97.1% | 40 | 5,357 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 91.3% | 215 | 265 |
| WESTMINSTER | 96.7% | 50 | 1,339 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 88.3% | 275 | 829 |
| WESTON | 79.0% | 339 | 2,671 |
| WESTPORT | na | na | na |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 91.1% | 221 | 4,191 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 97.2% | 36 | 176 |
| WEST TISBURY | 96.8% | 45 | 377 |
| WESTWOOD | 90.7% | 236 | 3,518 |
| WEYMOUTH | 86.0% | 300 | 7,856 |
| WHATELY | 97.3% | 32 | 225 |
| WHITMAN | 96.9% | 42 | 2,618 |
| WILBRAHAM | 93.7% | 143 | 2,632 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 78.5% | 341 | 331 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 91.3% | 218 | 743 |
| WILMINGTON | 93.3% | 157 | 4,113 |
| WINCHENDON | 91.1% | 219 | 1,839 |
| WINCHESTER | 96.4% | 52 | 4,422 |
| WINDSOR | 91.6% | 204 | 143 |
| WINTHROP | 89.2% | 264 | 2,158 |
| WOBURN | 90.9% | 229 | 5,177 |
| WORCESTER | 91.7% | 202 | 29,527 |
| WORTHINGTON | 67.8% | 345 | 149 |
| WRENTHAM | 91.0% | 225 | 2,293 |
| YARMOUTH | 91.6% | 205 | 2,572 |