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 |