| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $26,544 | Rochester School District / 5,109 |
| 2. | $23,767 | Lincoln School District / 6,552 |
| 3. | $19,133 | Orleans School District / 5,981 |
| 4. | $18,730 | Boxborough School District / 4,908 |
| 5. | $17,714 | Mendon-Upton School District / 12,990 |
| 6. | $16,877 | Norwell School District / 10,370 |
| 7. | $14,813 | Danvers School District / 26,113 |
| 8. | $12,426 | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 23,860 |
| 9. | $12,383 | Wayland School District / 12,864 |
| 10. | $11,660 | Florida School District / 876 |
| 10. | $11,660 | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 766 |
| 12. | $11,629 | Pelham School District / 1,246 |
| 13. | $10,995 | Sunderland School District / 3,712 |
| 14. | $10,849 | Abington School District / 15,704 |
| 15. | $10,686 | Milton School District / 26,667 |
| 16. | $10,286 | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,407 |
| 17. | $10,122 | Uxbridge School District / 13,081 |
| 18. | $9,592 | Boylston School District / 4,308 |
| 19. | $9,509 | Bedford School District / 13,071 |
| 20. | $9,308 | Holland School District / 2,644 |
| 21. | $8,986 | Sturbridge School District / 9,037 |
| 22. | $8,884 | Sutton School District / 8,869 |
| 23. | $8,842 | Sudbury School District / 17,308 |
| 24. | $8,704 | Melrose School District / 26,704 |
| 25. | $8,589 | Hanover School District / 13,743 |
| 26. | $8,571 | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,617 |
| 26. | $8,571 | Dover School District / 5,528 |
| 28. | $8,513 | Cohasset School District / 7,434 |
| 29. | $8,490 | Stoneham School District / 21,320 |
| 30. | $8,353 | Wellesley School District / 27,623 |
| 31. | $8,148 | Swansea School District / 15,900 |
| 32. | $8,129 | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,097 |
| 33. | $8,087 | Frontier School District / 12,265 |
| 34. | $8,026 | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,216 |
| 35. | $7,960 | Marion School District / 4,948 |
| 36. | $7,886 | Belchertown School District / 14,354 |
| 37. | $7,847 | Woburn School District / 37,538 |
| 38. | $7,675 | Westford School District / 21,483 |
| 39. | $7,534 | Medfield School District / 11,976 |
| 40. | $7,490 | Somerville School District / 75,215 |
| 41. | $7,466 | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 13,758 |
| 42. | $7,445 | Lexington School District / 30,862 |
| 43. | $7,421 | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,272 |
| 44. | $7,417 | Northborough School District / 14,161 |
| 45. | $7,231 | Old Rochester School District / 16,136 |
| 45. | $7,231 | Provincetown School District / 3,039 |
| 47. | $7,017 | Williamsburg School District / 2,633 |
| 48. | $6,984 | Middleborough School District / 22,538 |
| 49. | $6,890 | Dracut School District / 28,960 |
| 50. | $6,806 | Natick School District / 32,443 |
| 51. | $6,801 | Tantasqua School District / 20,490 |
| 52. | $6,753 | Canton School District / 21,246 |
| 53. | $6,744 | Newton School District / 83,949 |
| 54. | $6,703 | Ipswich School District / 13,074 |
| 55. | $6,696 | Palmer School District / 12,196 |
| 56. | $6,686 | Barnstable School District / 45,775 |
| 57. | $6,600 | Tyngsborough School District / 11,124 |
| 58. | $6,569 | Chelmsford School District / 33,368 |
| 59. | $6,567 | Whately School District / 1,566 |
| 60. | $6,553 | Hopedale School District / 5,902 |
| 61. | $6,532 | West Bridgewater School District / 6,859 |
| 62. | $6,519 | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 12,619 |
| 63. | $6,502 | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,464 |
| 64. | $6,454 | Littleton School District / 8,697 |
| 65. | $6,443 | Brookline School District / 57,953 |
| 66. | $6,409 | Methuen School District / 46,393 |
| 67. | $6,372 | Kingston School District / 12,470 |
| 68. | $6,353 | Billerica School District / 39,572 |
| 69. | $6,253 | Grafton School District / 17,281 |
| 70. | $6,249 | Burlington School District / 23,926 |
| 71. | $6,243 | Marshfield School District / 24,969 |
| 72. | $6,237 | Deerfield School District / 5,070 |
| 73. | $6,230 | Salem School District / 40,964 |
| 74. | $6,198 | Gill-Montague School District / 9,867 |
| 75. | $6,168 | Northborough-Southborough School District / 23,778 |
| 76. | $6,160 | Walpole School District / 23,673 |
| 77. | $6,084 | Quabbin School District / 15,470 |
| 78. | $6,051 | Dartmouth School District / 33,517 |
| 79. | $6,000 | Malden School District / 58,180 |
| 80. | $5,950 | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,095 |
| 81. | $5,933 | Foxborough School District / 16,621 |
| 82. | $5,931 | Reading School District / 24,261 |
| 83. | $5,929 | Longmeadow School District / 15,759 |
| 84. | $5,910 | Westhampton School District / 1,585 |
| 85. | $5,878 | Gloucester School District / 28,893 |
| 86. | $5,812 | Auburn School District / 16,185 |
| 87. | $5,785 | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 23,879 |
| 88. | $5,759 | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,574 |
| 89. | $5,745 | West Boylston School District / 7,657 |
| 90. | $5,672 | Mansfield School District / 23,051 |
| 91. | $5,669 | Holbrook School District / 10,694 |
| 92. | $5,655 | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 39,481 |
| 93. | $5,611 | Brewster School District / 9,891 |
| 94. | $5,600 | Andover School District / 32,698 |
| 95. | $5,560 | Silver Lake School District / 22,755 |
| 96. | $5,540 | Oxford School District / 13,690 |
| 97. | $5,530 | Acton-Boxborough School District / 26,284 |
| 98. | $5,518 | Wachusett School District / 40,643 |
| 99. | $5,487 | Falmouth School District / 31,796 |
| 100. | $5,480 | Norfolk School District / 11,054 |
| 101. | $5,443 | Shrewsbury School District / 35,001 |
| 102. | $5,427 | Hampshire School District / 12,031 |
| 103. | $5,367 | Waltham School District / 59,771 |
| 104. | $5,286 | Nauset School District / 23,878 |
| 105. | $5,261 | Agawam School District / 28,383 |
| 106. | $5,258 | North Andover School District / 27,965 |
| 107. | $5,221 | Southampton School District / 5,718 |
| 108. | $5,208 | Holyoke School District / 39,885 |
| 109. | $5,162 | Williamstown School District / 7,879 |
| 110. | $5,141 | Dedham School District / 24,325 |
| 111. | $5,138 | Pentucket School District / 16,803 |
| 112. | $5,124 | Ashland School District / 16,053 |
| 113. | $5,107 | Framingham School District / 67,339 |
| 114. | $5,095 | Quincy School District / 90,780 |
| 115. | $5,077 | Winchendon School District / 10,212 |
| 116. | $5,055 | Name N/A / 415,038 |
| 117. | $4,991 | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,467 |
| 118. | $4,971 | Webster School District / 16,745 |
| 119. | $4,951 | West Springfield School District / 28,287 |
| 120. | $4,910 | North Brookfield School District / 4,691 |
| 121. | $4,830 | Mount Greylock School District / 11,185 |
| 122. | $4,785 | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,215 |
| 123. | $4,755 | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,117 |
| 124. | $4,734 | Easton School District / 23,016 |
| 125. | $4,697 | Newburyport School District / 17,288 |
| 126. | $4,696 | Winchester School District / 21,016 |
| 127. | $4,681 | Duxbury School District / 14,897 |
| 128. | $4,671 | Berkley School District / 6,306 |
| 128. | $4,671 | Somerset School District in Berkley (9-12) / 6,306 |
| 130. | $4,669 | Worcester School District / 179,994 |
| 131. | $4,633 | Lynn School District / 89,625 |
| 132. | $4,586 | Springfield School District / 152,906 |
| 133. | $4,584 | Watertown School District / 31,591 |
| 134. | $4,579 | Leicester School District / 10,911 |
| 135. | $4,551 | Monson School District / 8,534 |
| 136. | $4,522 | Lowell School District / 105,089 |
| 137. | $4,487 | Hingham School District / 21,731 |
| 138. | $4,484 | Taunton School District / 55,954 |
| 139. | $4,461 | Clinton School District / 13,610 |
| 140. | $4,430 | Acton School District / 21,376 |
| 141. | $4,394 | Westfield School District / 40,974 |
| 142. | $4,366 | Bellingham School District / 16,017 |
| 143. | $4,358 | Maynard School District / 10,036 |
| 144. | $4,347 | Halifax School District / 7,508 |
| 145. | $4,345 | Truro School District / 1,831 |
| 145. | $4,345 | Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in Turo (7-12) / 1,831 |
| 147. | $4,319 | Winthrop School District / 17,311 |
| 148. | $4,314 | Wakefield School District / 24,620 |
| 149. | $4,277 | Harwich School District / 12,291 |
| 150. | $4,261 | Peabody School District / 50,455 |
| 151. | $4,261 | Concord School District / 17,373 |
| 152. | $4,172 | Arlington School District / 42,240 |
| 153. | $4,165 | Wrentham School District / 10,812 |
| 154. | $4,163 | Hawlemont School District / 1,553 |
| 154. | $4,163 | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,553 |
| 156. | $4,157 | Boston School District / 602,609 |
| 157. | $4,149 | King Philip School District / 29,957 |
| 158. | $4,143 | Haverhill School District / 60,203 |
| 159. | $4,142 | New Bedford School District / 94,945 |
| 160. | $4,140 | Savoy School District / 747 |
| 160. | $4,140 | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 747 |
| 162. | $4,140 | Lawrence School District / 75,177 |
| 163. | $4,138 | Wilmington School District / 21,891 |
| 164. | $4,130 | Sharon School District / 17,435 |
| 165. | $4,122 | Southbridge School District / 16,851 |
| 166. | $4,047 | Chelsea School District / 34,532 |
| 167. | $4,021 | Narragansett School District / 9,650 |
| 168. | $3,984 | Braintree School District / 35,122 |
| 169. | $3,960 | Brookfield School District / 3,342 |
| 170. | $3,951 | Franklin School District / 31,023 |
| 171. | $3,944 | New Salem-Wendell School District / 1,870 |
| 172. | $3,926 | Lenox School District / 5,022 |
| 173. | $3,914 | Gardner School District / 20,386 |
| 174. | $3,901 | Everett School District / 40,560 |
| 175. | $3,873 | Revere School District / 50,008 |
| 176. | $3,873 | Brockton School District / 93,869 |
| 177. | $3,868 | South Hadley School District / 17,494 |
| 178. | $3,866 | Fall River School District / 89,482 |
| 179. | $3,856 | Saugus School District / 26,392 |
| 180. | $3,851 | Marlborough School District / 37,674 |
| 181. | $3,835 | Norwood School District / 28,375 |
| 182. | $3,822 | Hull School District / 10,420 |
| 183. | $3,751 | Weymouth School District / 53,342 |
| 184. | $3,748 | Concord-Carlisle School District / 22,139 |
| 185. | $3,738 | North Reading School District / 14,536 |
| 186. | $3,686 | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,356 |
| 187. | $3,663 | Stoughton School District / 26,781 |
| 188. | $3,646 | Topsfield School District / 6,057 |
| 189. | $3,610 | Tewksbury School District / 28,619 |
| 190. | $3,601 | Mashpee School District / 13,850 |
| 191. | $3,569 | Easthampton School District / 16,054 |
| 192. | $3,567 | Cambridge School District / 103,506 |
| 193. | $3,560 | Ware School District / 9,860 |
| 194. | $3,559 | East Longmeadow School District / 15,446 |
| 195. | $3,532 | Greenfield School District / 17,610 |
| 196. | $3,481 | Wareham School District / 21,536 |
| 197. | $3,463 | Swampscott School District / 13,819 |
| 198. | $3,451 | Avon School District / 4,335 |
| 199. | $3,441 | Amherst-Pelham School District / 42,342 |
| 200. | $3,419 | Pittsfield School District / 44,788 |
| 201. | $3,360 | Northampton School District / 28,709 |
| 202. | $3,349 | Randolph School District / 31,661 |
| 203. | $3,342 | Tisbury School District / 3,886 |
| 204. | $3,340 | Plympton School District / 2,777 |
| 205. | $3,339 | Ludlow School District / 21,156 |
| 206. | $3,333 | Hadley School District / 5,176 |
| 206. | $3,333 | Marblehead School District / 19,797 |
| 208. | $3,329 | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,660 |
| 209. | $3,311 | Chicopee School District / 55,165 |
| 210. | $3,297 | Carlisle School District / 4,766 |
| 211. | $3,279 | Plymouth School District / 55,606 |
| 212. | $3,277 | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 38,597 |
| 213. | $3,274 | Amherst School District / 37,403 |
| 214. | $3,267 | Wales School District / 1,910 |
| 215. | $3,267 | Fitchburg School District / 40,214 |
| 216. | $3,259 | Harvard School District / 6,433 |
| 217. | $3,228 | Beverly School District / 39,351 |
| 218. | $3,215 | Medford School District / 55,451 |
| 219. | $3,203 | Ayer/Lunenberg School Districts in Shirley (9-12) / 7,226 |
| 219. | $3,203 | Shirley School District / 7,226 |
| 221. | $3,171 | Holliston School District / 13,431 |
| 222. | $3,092 | Southwick-Tolland School District / 9,872 |
| 223. | $3,015 | North Adams School District / 13,851 |
| 224. | $3,014 | Gateway School District / 8,647 |
| 225. | $3,008 | Attleboro School District / 43,355 |
| 226. | $3,001 | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,772 |
| 227. | $2,963 | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,004 |
| 228. | $2,959 | Martha's Vineyard School District / 15,957 |
| 229. | $2,953 | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,695 |
| 230. | $2,922 | Hudson School District / 18,643 |
| 231. | $2,883 | North Attleborough School District / 28,483 |
| 232. | $2,851 | Orange School District / 7,795 |
| 233. | $2,842 | Carver School District / 11,447 |
| 234. | $2,840 | Lanesborough School District / 3,306 |
| 235. | $2,840 | Milford School District / 27,855 |
| 236. | $2,743 | Nashoba School District / 18,950 |
| 237. | $2,698 | Sandwich School District / 20,628 |
| 238. | $2,689 | Lynnfield School District / 11,487 |
| 239. | $2,685 | Hopkinton School District / 14,474 |
| 240. | $2,666 | Fairhaven School District / 15,934 |
| 241. | $2,659 | Pembroke School District / 17,660 |
| 242. | $2,604 | Rockport School District / 7,053 |
| 243. | $2,586 | Northbridge School District / 15,287 |
| 244. | $2,573 | Medway School District / 12,597 |
| 245. | $2,567 | Hatfield School District / 3,268 |
| 246. | $2,529 | Seekonk School District / 13,686 |
| 247. | $2,486 | Leominster School District / 40,941 |
| 248. | $2,442 | Weston School District / 11,191 |
| 249. | $2,433 | Amesbury School District / 16,225 |
| 250. | $2,408 | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,431 |
| 250. | $2,408 | Nahant School District / 3,431 |
| 252. | $2,391 | Norton School District / 18,880 |
| 253. | $2,348 | Millis School District / 7,824 |
| 254. | $2,288 | Westborough School District / 18,272 |
| 255. | $2,229 | Rockland School District / 17,511 |
| 256. | $2,214 | Conway School District / 1,917 |
| 257. | $2,202 | Granby School District / 6,229 |
| 258. | $2,090 | Chatham School District / 6,221 |
| 259. | $2,074 | Shutesbury School District / 1,890 |
| 260. | $2,048 | Masconomet School District / 22,691 |
| 261. | $2,039 | Needham School District / 28,683 |
| 262. | $2,033 | Berlin School District / 2,789 |
| 263. | $2,000 | Mattapoisett School District / 6,079 |
| 264. | $1,999 | Bourne School District / 19,577 |
| 265. | $1,850 | Groton-Dunstable School District / 13,403 |
| 266. | $1,795 | East Bridgewater School District / 13,636 |
| 267. | $1,784 | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,812 |
| 268. | $1,771 | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,008 |
| 268. | $1,771 | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,008 |
| 270. | $1,718 | Triton School District / 20,557 |
| 271. | $1,713 | North Middlesex School District / 23,157 |
| 272. | $1,690 | Belmont School District / 24,356 |
| 273. | $1,679 | Somerset School District / 18,185 |
| 274. | $1,653 | Brimfield School District / 3,557 |
| 275. | $1,533 | Central Berkshire School District / 14,070 |
| 276. | $1,433 | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,822 |
| 276. | $1,433 | Erving School District / 1,822 |
| 278. | $1,417 | Westport School District / 15,298 |
| 279. | $1,229 | Southborough School District / 9,617 |
| 280. | $1,124 | Lakeville School District / 10,462 |
| 281. | $1,092 | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 718 |
| 281. | $1,092 | Hancock School District / 718 |
| 283. | $1,025 | Petersham School District / 1,339 |
| 284. | $993 | Wellfleet School District / 2,946 |
| 285. | $971 | Scituate School District / 18,075 |
| 286. | $952 | Plainville School District / 8,091 |
| 287. | $843 | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,258 |
| 288. | $757 | Acushnet School District / 10,288 |
| 288. | $757 | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,288 |
| 290. | $731 | Lee School District / 6,342 |
| 291. | $669 | Westwood School District / 14,405 |
| 292. | $575 | Lunenburg School District / 9,985 |
| 293. | $564 | Middleton School District / 8,717 |
| 294. | $560 | Millbury School District / 13,220 |
| 295. | $533 | Up-Island Regional School District / 3,723 |
| 296. | $450 | Rowe School District / 387 |
| 296. | $450 | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 387 |
| 298. | $448 | Ayer School District / 7,314 |
| 299. | $400 | Freetown School District / 8,796 |
| 300. | $250 | Clarksburg School District / 1,886 |
| 300. | $250 | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,886 |
| 302. | $67 | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,710 |
| 302. | $67 | Richmond School District / 1,710 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
