snapshot: top school districts by growth, '09-'13
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | July 11, 2013
A look at which public school districts are growing fastest across the state illustrates the popularity of charter schools. Among the top 25 fastest growing districts between 2009 and 2013, almost all are charters, although their enrollment numbers are relatively low. The data is from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
| DISTRICT | Change 2009-2013 | State rank | 2012-2013 enrollment |
| Abby Kelley Foster Charter | 0.1% | 161 | 1,426 |
| Abington | -11.4% | 331 | 2,031 |
| Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter | 6.1% | 83 | 503 |
| Acton | -1.7% | 202 | 2,512 |
| Acton-Boxborough | -1.6% | 200 | 2,911 |
| Acushnet | -5.2% | 254 | 976 |
| Adams-Cheshire | -11.7% | 334 | 1,400 |
| Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter | 53.2% | 9 | 970 |
| Agawam | -5.4% | 256 | 4,113 |
| Amesbury | -3.0% | 219 | 2,337 |
| Amesbury Academy Charter | -4.1% | 241 | 47 |
| Amherst | -12.7% | 346 | 1,206 |
| Amherst-Pelham | -11.4% | 332 | 1,533 |
| Andover | 1.7% | 138 | 6,225 |
| Arlington | 5.4% | 90 | 4,903 |
| Ashburnham-Westminster | -5.5% | 258 | 2,293 |
| Ashland | -2.2% | 205 | 2,573 |
| Assabet Valley Regional Voc Tech | 8.4% | 53 | 1,011 |
| Athol-Royalston | -12.9% | 347 | 1,476 |
| Atlantis Charter | 8.1% | 55 | 759 |
| Attleboro | -0.6% | 179 | 5,902 |
| Auburn | -1.0% | 186 | 2,339 |
| Avon | -0.4% | 174 | 746 |
| Barnstable | 13.5% | 36 | 4,941 |
| Barnstable Community Horace Mann Charter | -39.4% | 380 | 286 |
| Bedford | 3.9% | 109 | 2,514 |
| Belchertown | -6.1% | 266 | 2,492 |
| Bellingham | -8.0% | 293 | 2,457 |
| Belmont | 5.2% | 93 | 4,065 |
| Benjamin Banneker Charter | 13.5% | 37 | 354 |
| Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter | 8.2% | 54 | 450 |
| Berkley | -8.7% | 306 | 868 |
| Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter | 24.5% | 21 | 305 |
| Berkshire Hills | -1.1% | 189 | 1,361 |
| Berlin | -6.7% | 274 | 223 |
| Berlin-Boylston | -8.6% | 305 | 426 |
| Beverly | 2.7% | 125 | 4,335 |
| Billerica | -9.6% | 316 | 5,513 |
| Blackstone-Millville | -12.3% | 341 | 1,882 |
| Blackstone Valley Regional Voc Tech | 4.5% | 100 | 1,153 |
| Blue Hills Regional Voc Tech | -3.3% | 223 | 816 |
| Boston | -1.4% | 199 | 55,114 |
| Boston Collegiate Charter | 31.3% | 16 | 609 |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter | 19.3% | 26 | 359 |
| Boston Preparatory Charter | 25.0% | 20 | 365 |
| Boston Renaissance Charter | -22.2% | 374 | 952 |
| Bourne | -13.8% | 356 | 2,105 |
| Boxborough | -16.9% | 365 | 437 |
| Boxford | -17.1% | 366 | 778 |
| Boylston | -0.3% | 169 | 379 |
| Braintree | 3.7% | 113 | 5,549 |
| Brewster | -7.5% | 288 | 469 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | -7.2% | 280 | 5,441 |
| Brimfield | -5.7% | 261 | 328 |
| Bristol-Plymouth Regional Voc Tech | 6.7% | 75 | 1,275 |
| Bristol County Agricultural | 5.1% | 95 | 451 |
| Brockton | 8.4% | 51 | 16,595 |
| Brookfield | 7.8% | 60 | 319 |
| Brookline | 12.5% | 39 | 7,112 |
| Burlington | -1.2% | 194 | 3,606 |
| Cambridge | 7.8% | 59 | 6,222 |
| Canton | 5.3% | 91 | 3,262 |
| Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter | 5.6% | 86 | 228 |
| Cape Cod Regional Voc Tech | -7.0% | 277 | 654 |
| Carlisle | -11.4% | 329 | 638 |
| Carver | -9.0% | 309 | 1,737 |
| Central Berkshire | -12.6% | 344 | 1,782 |
| Chelmsford | -7.4% | 285 | 5,138 |
| Chelsea | 5.2% | 94 | 5,891 |
| Chesterfield-Goshen | -6.1% | 265 | 169 |
| Chicopee | 0.0% | 163 | 7,775 |
| Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter | 47.1% | 10 | 309 |
| City On A Hill Charter | 6.6% | 76 | 292 |
| Clarksburg | -13.6% | 353 | 171 |
| Clinton | -6.4% | 270 | 1,896 |
| Codman Academy Charter | 26.7% | 18 | 147 |
| Cohasset | 8.0% | 56 | 1,584 |
| Community Charter School of Cambridge | 41.6% | 12 | 378 |
| Community Day Charter School - Prospect | 0.0% | 164 | 331 |
| Concord | 14.1% | 32 | 2,140 |
| Concord-Carlisle | -4.0% | 238 | 1,217 |
| Conservatory Lab Charter | 33.3% | 15 | 180 |
| Conway | 5.3% | 92 | 178 |
| Danvers | 0.3% | 154 | 3,593 |
| Dartmouth | -7.6% | 289 | 3,783 |
| Dedham | -1.1% | 188 | 2,826 |
| Deerfield | -8.3% | 296 | 444 |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | -10.5% | 324 | 3,097 |
| Dighton-Rehoboth | -8.3% | 297 | 3,041 |
| Douglas | -5.8% | 263 | 1,657 |
| Dover | -9.7% | 317 | 523 |
| Dover-Sherborn | 5.5% | 87 | 1,171 |
| Dracut | -7.6% | 290 | 3,872 |
| Dudley-Charlton Reg | -7.9% | 292 | 4,030 |
| Duxbury | -3.8% | 237 | 3,242 |
| East Bridgewater | -7.4% | 284 | 2,246 |
| Eastham | -8.5% | 303 | 205 |
| Easthampton | -3.5% | 227 | 1,593 |
| East Longmeadow | -4.3% | 245 | 2,734 |
| Easton | -1.2% | 196 | 3,880 |
| Edgartown | 5.4% | 89 | 350 |
| Edward Brooke Charter | 21.9% | 24 | 485 |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Charter School) | 28.5% | 17 | 275 |
| Erving | -17.8% | 369 | 157 |
| Essex Agricultural Technical | 8.4% | 52 | 479 |
| Everett | 18.9% | 27 | 6,672 |
| Excel Academy Charter | 2.4% | 129 | 216 |
| Fairhaven | -2.2% | 207 | 1,980 |
| Fall River | 1.5% | 139 | 10,138 |
| Falmouth | -6.2% | 268 | 3,536 |
| Farmington River Reg | -0.7% | 181 | 144 |
| Fitchburg | -4.7% | 249 | 4,915 |
| Florida | -11.6% | 333 | 99 |
| Four Rivers Charter | 6.1% | 84 | 210 |
| Foxborough | -5.8% | 262 | 2,753 |
| Foxborough Regional Charter | 12.2% | 40 | 1,215 |
| Framingham | 0.6% | 150 | 8,201 |
| Francis W. Parker Charter Essential | 2.1% | 132 | 392 |
| Franklin | -6.2% | 269 | 5,868 |
| Franklin County Regional Voc Tech | 0.2% | 157 | 518 |
| Freetown-Lakeville | 56.7% | 7 | 3,055 |
| Frontier | -11.4% | 330 | 621 |
| Gardner | -7.4% | 282 | 2,526 |
| Gateway | -17.3% | 368 | 1,009 |
| Georgetown | -8.4% | 300 | 1,558 |
| Gill-Montague | -3.0% | 218 | 1,050 |
| Global Learning Charter | 13.8% | 35 | 488 |
| Gloucester | -11.2% | 327 | 3,016 |
| Gosnold | -50.0% | 381 | 2 |
| Grafton | 4.0% | 108 | 2,994 |
| Granby | -9.0% | 310 | 1,010 |
| Greater Fall River Regional Voc Tech | 2.4% | 130 | 1,386 |
| Greater Lawrence Regional Voc Tech | 11.8% | 43 | 1,308 |
| Greater Lowell Regional Voc Tech | 9.2% | 50 | 2,099 |
| Greater New Bedford Regional Voc Tech | 4.0% | 107 | 2,146 |
| Greenfield | 40.5% | 13 | 2,146 |
| Groton-Dunstable | -6.5% | 272 | 2,632 |
| Hadley | -1.6% | 201 | 661 |
| Halifax | -14.9% | 359 | 582 |
| Hamilton-Wenham | -6.0% | 264 | 1,955 |
| Hampden-Wilbraham | -6.1% | 267 | 3,404 |
| Hampshire | -9.8% | 318 | 766 |
| Hancock | 39.4% | 14 | 46 |
| Hanover | -1.4% | 198 | 2,684 |
| Harvard | -5.5% | 259 | 1,210 |
| Hatfield | 7.7% | 61 | 450 |
| Haverhill | 3.1% | 123 | 7,052 |
| Hawlemont | -19.3% | 372 | 96 |
| Hilltown Cooperative Charter | 11.7% | 44 | 172 |
| Hill View Montessori Charter | 25.8% | 19 | 302 |
| Hingham | 6.0% | 85 | 4,202 |
| Holbrook | 4.6% | 99 | 1,238 |
| Holland | -18.6% | 371 | 232 |
| Holliston | -2.8% | 215 | 2,820 |
| Holyoke | -4.0% | 239 | 5,782 |
| Holyoke Community Charter | -0.1% | 167 | 702 |
| Hopedale | -4.8% | 251 | 1,261 |
| Hopkinton | -1.1% | 190 | 3,414 |
| Hudson | -2.9% | 216 | 2,896 |
| Hull | -12.0% | 339 | 1,067 |
| Innovation Academy Charter | 67.0% | 6 | 663 |
| Ipswich | -3.3% | 222 | 2,048 |
| King Philip | 3.2% | 121 | 2,149 |
| Kingston | -3.3% | 224 | 1,134 |
| KIPP Academy Lynn Charter | 74.0% | 5 | 569 |
| Lanesborough | -20.7% | 373 | 222 |
| Lawrence | 7.6% | 62 | 13,145 |
| Lawrence Family Development Charter | 9.3% | 49 | 633 |
| Lee | -13.1% | 349 | 751 |
| Leicester | -8.5% | 304 | 1,715 |
| Lenox | -4.0% | 240 | 783 |
| Leominster | -0.8% | 182 | 6,183 |
| Leverett | -8.3% | 298 | 143 |
| Lexington | 4.3% | 102 | 6,506 |
| Lincoln | 10.2% | 46 | 1,241 |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | -3.5% | 230 | 1,580 |
| Littleton | -4.7% | 250 | 1,576 |
| Longmeadow | -8.5% | 302 | 2,868 |
| Lowell | 3.6% | 114 | 13,879 |
| Lowell Community Charter | -30.1% | 377 | 640 |
| Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter | -0.9% | 184 | 110 |
| Ludlow | -7.4% | 283 | 2,874 |
| Lunenburg | -8.7% | 307 | 1,587 |
| Lynn | 6.5% | 77 | 14,139 |
| Lynnfield | -4.2% | 243 | 2,261 |
| Ma Academy for Math and Science | 6.7% | 74 | 95 |
| Malden | 2.4% | 128 | 6,573 |
| Manchester Essex Regional | 13.0% | 38 | 1,562 |
| Mansfield | -8.4% | 301 | 4,497 |
| Marblehead | -0.3% | 172 | 3,251 |
| Marblehead Community Charter | 0.0% | 164 | 230 |
| Marion | 6.4% | 78 | 463 |
| Marlborough | 0.5% | 152 | 4,589 |
| Marshfield | -5.0% | 252 | 4,483 |
| Martha's Vineyard Charter | 3.4% | 116 | 182 |
| Marthas Vineyard | -3.5% | 228 | 684 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence | 18.6% | 28 | 369 |
| Masconomet | -4.3% | 244 | 2,055 |
| Mashpee | -5.1% | 253 | 1,725 |
| MATCH Charter School | 54.9% | 8 | 477 |
| Mattapoisett | -2.5% | 211 | 503 |
| Maynard | 2.0% | 133 | 1,352 |
| Medfield | -7.2% | 279 | 2,788 |
| Medford | -3.0% | 220 | 4,677 |
| Medway | -9.9% | 320 | 2,482 |
| Melrose | 0.5% | 151 | 3,679 |
| Mendon-Upton | -11.8% | 335 | 2,547 |
| Methuen | -4.5% | 247 | 7,055 |
| Middleborough | -6.9% | 276 | 3,295 |
| Middleton | -8.1% | 295 | 809 |
| Milford | -0.6% | 178 | 4,167 |
| Millbury | -6.4% | 271 | 1,805 |
| Millis | 3.3% | 117 | 1,451 |
| Milton | 1.5% | 140 | 3,934 |
| Minuteman Regional Voc Tech | 4.3% | 103 | 652 |
| Mohawk Trail | -13.0% | 348 | 1,007 |
| Monson | -15.0% | 360 | 1,255 |
| Montachusett Regional Voc Tech | 6.8% | 73 | 1,432 |
| Mount Greylock | -13.2% | 352 | 565 |
| Mystic Valley Regional Charter | 14.0% | 34 | 1,495 |
| Nahant | -24.8% | 376 | 185 |
| Nantucket | 8.0% | 57 | 1,381 |
| Narragansett | -13.2% | 351 | 1,426 |
| Nashoba | 1.2% | 144 | 3,399 |
| Nashoba Valley Regional Voc Tech | 6.4% | 80 | 683 |
| Natick | 7.3% | 66 | 5,065 |
| Nauset | 1.7% | 137 | 1,545 |
| Needham | 7.1% | 69 | 5,476 |
| Neighborhood House Charter | -0.5% | 177 | 398 |
| New Bedford | 0.1% | 162 | 12,616 |
| Newburyport | 3.8% | 111 | 2,349 |
| New Leadership Charter | 14.1% | 33 | 503 |
| New Salem-Wendell | -8.1% | 294 | 137 |
| Newton | 5.4% | 88 | 12,335 |
| Norfolk | -12.6% | 342 | 926 |
| Norfolk County Agricultural | 6.8% | 72 | 485 |
| North Adams | -4.2% | 242 | 1,525 |
| Northampton | -1.3% | 197 | 2,722 |
| Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural | -9.1% | 312 | 418 |
| North Andover | 3.5% | 115 | 4,766 |
| North Attleborough | -1.2% | 191 | 4,687 |
| Northboro-Southboro | 5.0% | 96 | 1,482 |
| Northborough | -0.2% | 168 | 1,893 |
| Northbridge | 2.7% | 126 | 2,594 |
| North Brookfield | -10.9% | 325 | 581 |
| North Central Charter Essential | -3.1% | 221 | 345 |
| Northeast Metropolitan Regional Voc Tech | 1.8% | 134 | 1,268 |
| Northern Berkshire Regional Voc Tech | -2.4% | 210 | 488 |
| North Middlesex | -15.4% | 361 | 3,608 |
| North Reading | -6.7% | 273 | 2,606 |
| North Shore Regional Voc Tech | 6.3% | 81 | 475 |
| Norton | -8.8% | 308 | 2,629 |
| Norwell | 0.2% | 160 | 2,331 |
| Norwood | 3.1% | 122 | 3,547 |
| Oak Bluffs | -7.7% | 291 | 384 |
| Old Colony Regional Voc Tech | 2.4% | 127 | 586 |
| Old Rochester | 3.7% | 112 | 1,183 |
| Orange | -18.5% | 370 | 677 |
| Orleans | 9.6% | 48 | 216 |
| Oxford | -3.7% | 232 | 1,946 |
| Palmer | -16.6% | 363 | 1,535 |
| Pathfinder Regional Voc Tech | 6.4% | 79 | 662 |
| Peabody | -2.3% | 208 | 6,103 |
| Pelham | 12.0% | 42 | 131 |
| Pembroke | -3.5% | 229 | 3,329 |
| Pentucket | -9.8% | 319 | 2,959 |
| Petersham | 17.0% | 29 | 117 |
| Phoenix Charter Academy | 23.3% | 22 | 185 |
| Pioneer Charter School of Science | 102.8% | 3 | 359 |
| Pioneer Valley | -8.3% | 299 | 1,055 |
| Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter | 218.2% | 1 | 280 |
| Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter | -0.5% | 176 | 408 |
| Pittsfield | -2.2% | 206 | 5,987 |
| Plainville | -3.5% | 226 | 802 |
| Plymouth | -3.7% | 234 | 7,975 |
| Plympton | 6.1% | 82 | 242 |
| Prospect Hill Academy Charter | 23.0% | 23 | 1,139 |
| Provincetown | -37.8% | 379 | 107 |
| Quabbin | -17.2% | 367 | 2,589 |
| Quaboag Regional | -5.7% | 260 | 1,352 |
| Quincy | 3.3% | 118 | 9,266 |
| Ralph C Mahar | 3.0% | 124 | 788 |
| Randolph | -0.3% | 170 | 2,957 |
| Reading | 1.2% | 143 | 4,483 |
| Revere | 10.2% | 47 | 6,648 |
| Richmond | -16.5% | 362 | 157 |
| Rising Tide Charter | 42.2% | 11 | 448 |
| River Valley Charter | -0.3% | 173 | 288 |
| Rochester | -12.1% | 340 | 531 |
| Rockland | -7.4% | 286 | 2,199 |
| Rockport | -7.2% | 278 | 931 |
| Rowe | -9.4% | 313 | 58 |
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter | 139.6% | 2 | 551 |
| Sabis International Charter | 0.0% | 164 | 1,574 |
| Salem | -1.2% | 192 | 4,395 |
| Salem Academy Charter | 20.3% | 25 | 344 |
| Sandwich | -12.6% | 343 | 3,124 |
| Saugus | -2.6% | 213 | 2,850 |
| Savoy | -22.6% | 375 | 41 |
| Scituate | -0.6% | 180 | 3,220 |
| Seekonk | -3.4% | 225 | 2,089 |
| Seven Hills Charter | -2.9% | 217 | 660 |
| Sharon | 1.1% | 146 | 3,433 |
| Shawsheen Valley Regional Voc Tech | 7.3% | 67 | 1,360 |
| Sherborn | -16.7% | 364 | 405 |
| Shrewsbury | 1.8% | 135 | 6,009 |
| Shutesbury | -9.4% | 313 | 145 |
| Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter | 4.7% | 97 | 578 |
| Silver Lake | 3.3% | 120 | 1,945 |
| Smith Leadership Academy Charter | 16.5% | 30 | 219 |
| Somerset | -33.7% | 378 | 1,829 |
| Somerville | 0.9% | 147 | 4,922 |
| Southampton | -0.9% | 183 | 552 |
| Southborough | -10.9% | 326 | 1,422 |
| Southbridge | 7.3% | 64 | 2,275 |
| Southeastern Regional Voc Tech | 0.3% | 155 | 1,255 |
| Southern Berkshire | -13.2% | 350 | 769 |
| Southern Worcester County Regional Voc Tech | 0.2% | 158 | 1,099 |
| South Hadley | -10.5% | 323 | 1,959 |
| South Middlesex Regional Voc Tech | 12.2% | 41 | 710 |
| South Shore Charter | 4.0% | 106 | 540 |
| South Shore Regional Voc Tech | 1.4% | 142 | 592 |
| Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District | -3.7% | 235 | 1,761 |
| Spencer-E Brookfield | -7.5% | 287 | 1,940 |
| Springfield | -0.3% | 171 | 25,283 |
| Stoneham | -11.3% | 328 | 2,401 |
| Stoughton | -2.8% | 214 | 3,753 |
| Sturbridge | 3.8% | 110 | 952 |
| Sturgis Charter | 101.4% | 4 | 739 |
| Sudbury | -6.8% | 275 | 3,006 |
| Sunderland | -14.5% | 358 | 183 |
| Sutton | -5.3% | 255 | 1,594 |
| Swampscott | 0.2% | 159 | 2,283 |
| Swansea | -1.2% | 193 | 2,056 |
| Tantasqua | 0.2% | 156 | 1,803 |
| Taunton | -2.3% | 209 | 7,681 |
| Tewksbury | -13.7% | 354 | 3,805 |
| Tisbury | 7.8% | 58 | 330 |
| Topsfield | -11.8% | 336 | 597 |
| Tri County Regional Voc Tech | 11.2% | 45 | 1,019 |
| Triton | -9.4% | 315 | 2,879 |
| Truro | 0.7% | 149 | 142 |
| Tyngsborough | -10.4% | 321 | 1,867 |
| Up-Island Regional | -3.6% | 231 | 326 |
| Upper Cape Cod Regional Voc Tech | 1.4% | 141 | 657 |
| Uxbridge | -7.3% | 281 | 1,901 |
| Wachusett | 1.7% | 136 | 7,467 |
| Wakefield | -0.4% | 175 | 3,388 |
| Wales | -13.8% | 355 | 150 |
| Walpole | 2.3% | 131 | 4,015 |
| Waltham | 7.3% | 65 | 5,098 |
| Ware | 4.3% | 105 | 1,296 |
| Wareham | -11.9% | 338 | 2,822 |
| Watertown | 6.8% | 71 | 2,688 |
| Wayland | -1.8% | 203 | 2,717 |
| Webster | -3.7% | 233 | 1,864 |
| Wellesley | 1.2% | 145 | 4,954 |
| Wellfleet | 6.9% | 70 | 140 |
| Westborough | -1.1% | 187 | 3,515 |
| West Boylston | -10.4% | 322 | 945 |
| West Bridgewater | 4.3% | 104 | 1,344 |
| Westfield | -4.5% | 248 | 5,922 |
| Westford | -0.9% | 185 | 5,259 |
| Westhampton | 4.4% | 101 | 142 |
| Weston | -1.2% | 195 | 2,374 |
| Westport | -12.6% | 345 | 1,668 |
| West Springfield | -2.5% | 212 | 3,882 |
| Westwood | 3.3% | 119 | 3,167 |
| Weymouth | 0.5% | 153 | 6,897 |
| Whately | 15.8% | 31 | 154 |
| Whitman-Hanson | -4.4% | 246 | 4,270 |
| Whittier Regional Voc Tech | 4.7% | 98 | 1,233 |
| Williamsburg | -9.1% | 311 | 160 |
| Williamstown | -3.7% | 236 | 438 |
| Wilmington | -5.4% | 257 | 3,559 |
| Winchendon | -14.1% | 357 | 1,419 |
| Winchester | 7.4% | 63 | 4,396 |
| Winthrop | -2.0% | 204 | 1,975 |
| Woburn | 0.7% | 148 | 4,766 |
| Worcester | 7.1% | 68 | 24,740 |
| Wrentham | -11.8% | 337 | 1,155 |