| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $26,012 | Mendon-Upton School District / 13,312 |
| 2. | $24,564 | Middleton School District / 8,992 |
| 3. | $20,558 | Norwell School District / 10,501 |
| 4. | $18,900 | Weston School District / 11,430 |
| 5. | $17,882 | Lincoln School District / 6,442 |
| 6. | $16,895 | Boylston School District / 4,341 |
| 7. | $15,845 | Hanover School District / 13,902 |
| 8. | $15,837 | Dover School District / 5,608 |
| 9. | $15,793 | Orleans School District / 5,905 |
| 10. | $14,406 | Ipswich School District / 13,271 |
| 11. | $14,325 | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,736 |
| 12. | $13,941 | Wayland School District / 13,041 |
| 13. | $12,931 | Westford School District / 22,107 |
| 14. | $12,418 | Lunenburg School District / 10,356 |
| 15. | $12,383 | Uxbridge School District / 13,382 |
| 16. | $12,278 | Florida School District / 820 |
| 16. | $12,278 | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 715 |
| 18. | $12,215 | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,197 |
| 19. | $12,134 | Cohasset School District / 7,756 |
| 20. | $11,515 | Sunderland School District / 3,690 |
| 21. | $11,133 | Sherborn School District / 4,128 |
| 22. | $11,097 | Carver School District / 11,497 |
| 23. | $10,924 | Milton School District / 26,954 |
| 24. | $10,850 | Pelham School District / 1,321 |
| 25. | $10,847 | Boxborough School District / 5,017 |
| 26. | $10,352 | Natick School District / 33,071 |
| 27. | $10,190 | Sharon School District / 17,619 |
| 28. | $10,067 | Canton School District / 21,596 |
| 29. | $9,828 | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 24,154 |
| 30. | $9,532 | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,202 |
| 31. | $9,449 | Melrose School District / 27,043 |
| 32. | $8,989 | Duxbury School District / 15,040 |
| 33. | $8,908 | Masconomet School District / 23,109 |
| 34. | $8,868 | Reading School District / 24,753 |
| 35. | $8,856 | Nauset School District / 23,822 |
| 36. | $8,821 | Scituate School District / 18,128 |
| 37. | $8,777 | Medfield School District / 12,067 |
| 38. | $8,680 | Marblehead School District / 19,879 |
| 39. | $8,670 | Needham School District / 29,005 |
| 40. | $8,542 | Rochester School District / 5,229 |
| 41. | $8,541 | Halifax School District / 7,524 |
| 42. | $8,467 | Abington School District / 15,930 |
| 43. | $8,373 | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 13,865 |
| 44. | $8,362 | Wakefield School District / 25,118 |
| 45. | $8,328 | Foxborough School District / 16,864 |
| 46. | $8,271 | Westwood School District / 14,616 |
| 47. | $8,190 | Oxford School District / 13,713 |
| 48. | $8,124 | Danvers School District / 26,568 |
| 49. | $7,651 | Holbrook School District / 10,789 |
| 50. | $7,624 | Brookline School District / 58,634 |
| 51. | $7,515 | Hingham School District / 22,136 |
| 52. | $7,503 | Falmouth School District / 31,589 |
| 53. | $7,486 | Brewster School District / 9,836 |
| 54. | $7,472 | Burlington School District / 24,575 |
| 55. | $7,357 | Littleton School District / 8,934 |
| 56. | $7,330 | Marshfield School District / 25,201 |
| 57. | $7,263 | Frontier School District / 12,187 |
| 58. | $7,242 | Swampscott School District / 13,823 |
| 59. | $7,143 | Wellesley School District / 28,188 |
| 60. | $7,016 | Sudbury School District / 17,712 |
| 61. | $6,888 | Norwood School District / 28,580 |
| 62. | $6,886 | Monson School District / 8,580 |
| 63. | $6,877 | Middleborough School District / 23,037 |
| 64. | $6,867 | Provincetown School District / 2,974 |
| 65. | $6,711 | Concord School District / 18,081 |
| 66. | $6,689 | Stoneham School District / 21,414 |
| 67. | $6,683 | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 24,348 |
| 68. | $6,665 | Newton School District / 85,177 |
| 69. | $6,622 | Northborough School District / 14,407 |
| 70. | $6,569 | Wachusett School District / 41,371 |
| 71. | $6,543 | Wrentham School District / 10,960 |
| 72. | $6,484 | Bedford School District / 13,407 |
| 73. | $6,463 | Woburn School District / 38,231 |
| 74. | $6,446 | Agawam School District / 28,476 |
| 75. | $6,437 | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,702 |
| 76. | $6,399 | Grafton School District / 17,692 |
| 77. | $6,303 | Old Rochester School District / 16,212 |
| 78. | $6,284 | Weymouth School District / 53,933 |
| 79. | $6,280 | Hopedale School District / 5,911 |
| 80. | $6,196 | Concord-Carlisle School District / 22,951 |
| 81. | $6,187 | Gloucester School District / 28,937 |
| 82. | $6,146 | Williamstown School District / 7,757 |
| 83. | $6,120 | Waltham School District / 60,836 |
| 84. | $6,081 | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,625 |
| 85. | $6,077 | Auburn School District / 16,221 |
| 86. | $6,074 | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,359 |
| 87. | $6,055 | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,302 |
| 87. | $6,055 | Acushnet School District / 10,302 |
| 89. | $6,047 | Dartmouth School District / 34,117 |
| 90. | $5,989 | Chelmsford School District / 33,931 |
| 91. | $5,985 | Mansfield School District / 23,191 |
| 92. | $5,975 | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 12,834 |
| 93. | $5,970 | Salem School District / 41,641 |
| 94. | $5,939 | Walpole School District / 24,118 |
| 95. | $5,887 | Bellingham School District / 16,304 |
| 96. | $5,851 | Hudson School District / 19,077 |
| 97. | $5,827 | Harvard School District / 6,505 |
| 98. | $5,815 | Shrewsbury School District / 35,583 |
| 99. | $5,806 | Westhampton School District / 1,592 |
| 100. | $5,777 | Dedham School District / 24,716 |
| 101. | $5,645 | Winchester School District / 21,437 |
| 102. | $5,606 | Conway School District / 1,828 |
| 103. | $5,573 | Harwich School District / 12,253 |
| 104. | $5,486 | Name N/A / 412,003 |
| 105. | $5,482 | Plymouth School District / 56,574 |
| 106. | $5,472 | Northborough-Southborough School District / 24,152 |
| 107. | $5,467 | Acton-Boxborough School District / 26,994 |
| 108. | $5,464 | Millis School District / 7,905 |
| 109. | $5,452 | North Reading School District / 14,919 |
| 110. | $5,446 | Deerfield School District / 5,107 |
| 111. | $5,444 | Holyoke School District / 39,996 |
| 112. | $5,408 | Gill-Montague School District / 10,011 |
| 113. | $5,394 | Ludlow School District / 21,146 |
| 114. | $5,340 | Malden School District / 59,388 |
| 115. | $5,333 | Ashland School District / 16,587 |
| 116. | $5,318 | Somerville School District / 75,974 |
| 117. | $5,315 | Berkley School District / 6,411 |
| 118. | $5,276 | Marion School District / 4,913 |
| 119. | $5,272 | Worcester School District / 181,473 |
| 120. | $5,265 | Quincy School District / 92,078 |
| 121. | $5,218 | North Brookfield School District / 4,681 |
| 122. | $5,217 | Sturbridge School District / 9,230 |
| 123. | $5,214 | Swansea School District / 15,911 |
| 124. | $5,180 | Clinton School District / 13,618 |
| 125. | $5,180 | Taunton School District / 55,951 |
| 126. | $5,172 | Winchendon School District / 10,333 |
| 127. | $5,165 | Silver Lake School District / 22,950 |
| 128. | $5,165 | Framingham School District / 68,689 |
| 129. | $5,150 | Whately School District / 1,562 |
| 130. | $5,140 | Dracut School District / 29,573 |
| 131. | $5,133 | Methuen School District / 47,238 |
| 132. | $5,123 | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,353 |
| 133. | $5,115 | Wales School District / 1,990 |
| 134. | $5,071 | Medford School District / 56,255 |
| 135. | $5,065 | Belmont School District / 24,759 |
| 136. | $5,045 | Andover School District / 33,385 |
| 137. | $5,009 | Billerica School District / 40,479 |
| 138. | $5,003 | Wilmington School District / 22,392 |
| 139. | $4,895 | North Andover School District / 28,114 |
| 140. | $4,893 | Stoughton School District / 27,249 |
| 141. | $4,893 | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,504 |
| 142. | $4,890 | Hopkinton School District / 14,982 |
| 143. | $4,825 | Longmeadow School District / 15,803 |
| 144. | $4,818 | Kingston School District / 12,609 |
| 145. | $4,800 | Watertown School District / 32,073 |
| 146. | $4,785 | Mount Greylock School District / 11,045 |
| 147. | $4,780 | Revere School District / 51,729 |
| 148. | $4,760 | Springfield School District / 153,278 |
| 149. | $4,738 | Northampton School District / 28,642 |
| 150. | $4,725 | Tewksbury School District / 29,109 |
| 151. | $4,715 | Mashpee School District / 13,950 |
| 152. | $4,713 | Tyngsborough School District / 11,484 |
| 153. | $4,708 | Palmer School District / 12,159 |
| 154. | $4,707 | Webster School District / 16,760 |
| 155. | $4,654 | Berlin School District / 2,856 |
| 156. | $4,653 | Medway School District / 12,742 |
| 157. | $4,651 | Leicester School District / 10,988 |
| 158. | $4,643 | North Attleborough School District / 28,673 |
| 159. | $4,578 | Lynn School District / 90,392 |
| 160. | $4,553 | Westfield School District / 41,162 |
| 161. | $4,537 | Beverly School District / 39,748 |
| 162. | $4,514 | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,233 |
| 163. | $4,509 | Boston School District / 619,662 |
| 164. | $4,506 | Everett School District / 41,621 |
| 165. | $4,481 | West Boylston School District / 7,697 |
| 166. | $4,461 | Hampshire School District / 12,284 |
| 167. | $4,458 | Tantasqua School District / 20,685 |
| 168. | $4,431 | Boxford School District / 7,990 |
| 169. | $4,420 | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,198 |
| 170. | $4,415 | Fall River School District / 89,049 |
| 171. | $4,404 | Brockton School District / 93,916 |
| 172. | $4,395 | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,365 |
| 173. | $4,380 | Maynard School District / 10,151 |
| 174. | $4,365 | Barnstable School District / 45,170 |
| 175. | $4,349 | Chelsea School District / 35,527 |
| 176. | $4,330 | Westborough School District / 18,345 |
| 177. | $4,329 | Cambridge School District / 105,026 |
| 178. | $4,328 | Holliston School District / 13,668 |
| 179. | $4,327 | West Springfield School District / 28,411 |
| 180. | $4,318 | Southampton School District / 5,828 |
| 181. | $4,318 | Southwick-Tolland School District / 9,998 |
| 182. | $4,317 | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 38,091 |
| 183. | $4,307 | Winthrop School District / 17,584 |
| 184. | $4,304 | Attleboro School District / 43,603 |
| 185. | $4,288 | Rockland School District / 17,518 |
| 186. | $4,249 | Acton School District / 21,977 |
| 187. | $4,244 | Lowell School District / 106,739 |
| 188. | $4,233 | West Bridgewater School District / 6,907 |
| 189. | $4,230 | Amherst School District / 38,399 |
| 190. | $4,186 | Holland School District / 2,477 |
| 191. | $4,162 | New Bedford School District / 94,952 |
| 192. | $4,145 | Lawrence School District / 76,331 |
| 193. | $4,122 | Amherst-Pelham School District / 43,287 |
| 194. | $4,119 | Ware School District / 9,866 |
| 195. | $4,117 | Easton School District / 23,220 |
| 196. | $4,114 | Lexington School District / 31,527 |
| 197. | $4,104 | Haverhill School District / 60,953 |
| 198. | $4,102 | Pembroke School District / 17,831 |
| 199. | $4,092 | Chicopee School District / 55,326 |
| 200. | $4,035 | Peabody School District / 51,215 |
| 201. | $4,017 | Narragansett School District / 9,906 |
| 202. | $3,958 | Gardner School District / 20,250 |
| 203. | $3,942 | Southbridge School District / 16,775 |
| 204. | $3,926 | North Middlesex School District / 23,584 |
| 205. | $3,867 | Braintree School District / 35,731 |
| 206. | $3,857 | Newburyport School District / 17,460 |
| 207. | $3,836 | Topsfield School District / 6,127 |
| 208. | $3,807 | King Philip School District / 30,534 |
| 209. | $3,736 | Pittsfield School District / 44,542 |
| 210. | $3,721 | Name N/A / 24,642 |
| 211. | $3,718 | Franklin School District / 31,760 |
| 212. | $3,697 | Milford School District / 28,002 |
| 213. | $3,680 | Nashoba School District / 19,458 |
| 214. | $3,675 | New Salem-Wendell School District / 2,046 |
| 215. | $3,632 | Quabbin School District / 15,608 |
| 216. | $3,607 | Saugus School District / 26,761 |
| 217. | $3,591 | Fitchburg School District / 40,314 |
| 218. | $3,574 | Northbridge School District / 15,661 |
| 219. | $3,521 | Tisbury School District / 3,967 |
| 219. | $3,521 | Martha's Vineyard School District / 16,412 |
| 221. | $3,518 | East Longmeadow School District / 15,710 |
| 222. | $3,510 | Avon School District / 4,349 |
| 223. | $3,492 | Arlington School District / 42,952 |
| 224. | $3,485 | Gateway School District / 8,886 |
| 225. | $3,463 | Greenfield School District / 17,543 |
| 226. | $3,364 | Wareham School District / 21,928 |
| 227. | $3,327 | Carlisle School District / 4,870 |
| 228. | $3,322 | Pentucket School District / 17,161 |
| 229. | $3,318 | Marlborough School District / 38,491 |
| 230. | $3,293 | Lenox School District / 5,011 |
| 231. | $3,216 | Somerset School District / 18,231 |
| 232. | $3,205 | Westport School District / 15,499 |
| 233. | $3,202 | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,642 |
| 234. | $3,201 | Sandwich School District / 20,645 |
| 235. | $3,200 | Williamsburg School District / 2,631 |
| 236. | $3,177 | South Hadley School District / 17,657 |
| 237. | $3,175 | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,834 |
| 238. | $3,155 | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,109 |
| 239. | $3,136 | Orange School District / 7,831 |
| 240. | $3,094 | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 40,023 |
| 241. | $3,041 | Randolph School District / 32,383 |
| 242. | $3,020 | Southwick-Tolland School District in Granville (9-12) / 1,481 |
| 242. | $3,020 | Granville School District / 1,481 |
| 244. | $3,016 | Lynnfield School District / 11,628 |
| 245. | $3,009 | East Bridgewater School District / 13,794 |
| 246. | $3,000 | Rowe School District / 452 |
| 246. | $3,000 | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 452 |
| 248. | $2,968 | Sutton School District / 8,964 |
| 249. | $2,943 | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,693 |
| 250. | $2,904 | Leominster School District / 40,879 |
| 251. | $2,898 | Norton School District / 19,123 |
| 252. | $2,887 | Granby School District / 6,245 |
| 253. | $2,723 | Erving School District / 1,737 |
| 253. | $2,723 | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,737 |
| 255. | $2,710 | Central Berkshire School District / 14,093 |
| 256. | $2,683 | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,805 |
| 256. | $2,683 | Clarksburg School District / 1,805 |
| 258. | $2,596 | Amesbury School District / 16,344 |
| 259. | $2,541 | Triton School District / 20,832 |
| 260. | $2,536 | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,438 |
| 260. | $2,536 | Nahant School District / 3,438 |
| 262. | $2,524 | Douglas School District / 8,432 |
| 263. | $2,484 | Rockport School District / 7,018 |
| 264. | $2,472 | North Adams School District / 13,725 |
| 265. | $2,460 | Seekonk School District / 13,785 |
| 266. | $2,430 | Lee School District / 6,290 |
| 267. | $2,382 | Shutesbury School District / 1,755 |
| 268. | $2,363 | Bourne School District / 19,710 |
| 269. | $2,312 | Hull School District / 10,342 |
| 270. | $2,309 | Fairhaven School District / 15,893 |
| 271. | $2,233 | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,195 |
| 271. | $2,233 | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,195 |
| 273. | $2,226 | Easthampton School District / 16,030 |
| 274. | $2,152 | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,541 |
| 275. | $2,019 | Plainville School District / 8,278 |
| 276. | $2,012 | Hadley School District / 5,239 |
| 277. | $2,000 | Belchertown School District / 14,593 |
| 278. | $1,842 | Mattapoisett School District / 6,070 |
| 279. | $1,743 | Brimfield School District / 3,610 |
| 280. | $1,733 | Hawlemont School District / 1,677 |
| 280. | $1,733 | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,677 |
| 282. | $1,671 | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,566 |
| 283. | $1,613 | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,678 |
| 284. | $1,580 | Groton-Dunstable School District / 13,877 |
| 285. | $1,576 | Georgetown School District / 8,203 |
| 286. | $1,492 | Southborough School District / 9,745 |
| 287. | $1,469 | Norfolk School District / 11,296 |
| 288. | $1,256 | Lanesborough School District / 3,288 |
| 289. | $1,154 | Hancock School District / 718 |
| 289. | $1,154 | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 718 |
| 291. | $1,067 | Petersham School District / 1,232 |
| 292. | $958 | Name N/A / 14,832 |
| 293. | $867 | Leverett School District / 1,812 |
| 294. | $433 | Hatfield School District / 3,271 |
| 295. | $383 | Millbury School District / 13,270 |
| 296. | $75 | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,600 |
| 296. | $75 | Richmond School District / 1,600 |
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.
