| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $26,110 | Rochester School District / 5,223 |
| 2. | $23,385 | Lincoln School District / 8,297 |
| 3. | $18,400 | Mendon-Upton School District / 12,310 |
| 4. | $16,215 | Norwell School District / 10,271 |
| 5. | $15,050 | Abington School District / 16,399 |
| 6. | $14,043 | Pelham School District / 1,343 |
| 7. | $13,997 | Sturbridge School District / 8,826 |
| 8. | $13,418 | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,538 |
| 9. | $12,402 | Milton School District / 26,333 |
| 10. | $12,224 | Cohasset School District / 7,323 |
| 11. | $12,215 | Danvers School District / 26,775 |
| 12. | $10,677 | Boxborough School District / 5,101 |
| 13. | $10,500 | Tantasqua School District / 20,741 |
| 14. | $9,936 | Old Rochester School District / 16,846 |
| 15. | $9,517 | Canton School District / 21,865 |
| 16. | $9,252 | Tyngsborough School District / 11,594 |
| 17. | $9,217 | Newton School District / 83,504 |
| 18. | $8,989 | Holland School District / 2,563 |
| 19. | $8,829 | Northborough School District / 14,732 |
| 20. | $8,727 | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 25,541 |
| 21. | $8,671 | Uxbridge School District / 12,737 |
| 22. | $8,433 | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,893 |
| 22. | $8,433 | Dover School District / 5,663 |
| 24. | $8,419 | Woburn School District / 38,404 |
| 25. | $8,282 | Belchertown School District / 14,085 |
| 26. | $8,161 | Wayland School District / 13,219 |
| 27. | $8,044 | Melrose School District / 26,672 |
| 28. | $7,905 | Marion School District / 5,167 |
| 29. | $7,599 | Grafton School District / 17,535 |
| 30. | $7,319 | Provincetown School District / 3,407 |
| 31. | $7,308 | Sutton School District / 9,124 |
| 32. | $7,250 | Littleton School District / 8,705 |
| 33. | $7,195 | Florida School District / 966 |
| 33. | $7,195 | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 822 |
| 35. | $6,914 | Williamsburg School District / 2,477 |
| 36. | $6,865 | Bedford School District / 13,125 |
| 37. | $6,826 | Westford School District / 21,984 |
| 38. | $6,672 | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,472 |
| 39. | $6,651 | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,073 |
| 40. | $6,642 | Douglas School District / 8,020 |
| 41. | $6,575 | Norfolk School District / 10,968 |
| 42. | $6,533 | Deerfield School District / 4,724 |
| 43. | $6,473 | Barnstable School District / 46,781 |
| 44. | $6,443 | Lexington School District / 30,445 |
| 45. | $6,413 | Swansea School District / 16,084 |
| 46. | $6,392 | Billerica School District / 39,225 |
| 47. | $6,389 | Somerville School District / 75,880 |
| 48. | $6,338 | Gloucester School District / 30,264 |
| 49. | $6,318 | Marshfield School District / 24,619 |
| 50. | $6,241 | Dartmouth School District / 34,002 |
| 51. | $6,236 | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 14,173 |
| 52. | $6,233 | Richmond School District / 1,838 |
| 52. | $6,233 | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,838 |
| 54. | $6,187 | Brewster School District / 10,059 |
| 55. | $6,086 | Boylston School District / 4,365 |
| 56. | $6,082 | Gill-Montague School District / 9,750 |
| 57. | $6,049 | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,006 |
| 58. | $6,037 | Maynard School District / 10,385 |
| 59. | $6,033 | Orleans School District / 6,282 |
| 60. | $5,959 | Longmeadow School District / 15,706 |
| 61. | $5,911 | West Boylston School District / 8,090 |
| 62. | $5,856 | Hancock School District / 738 |
| 62. | $5,856 | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 738 |
| 64. | $5,774 | Stoneham School District / 21,362 |
| 65. | $5,757 | Wellesley School District / 27,091 |
| 66. | $5,750 | Dedham School District / 24,308 |
| 67. | $5,736 | Easton School District / 22,913 |
| 68. | $5,715 | Ipswich School District / 13,302 |
| 69. | $5,699 | Shrewsbury School District / 33,888 |
| 70. | $5,663 | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,463 |
| 71. | $5,647 | Northborough-Southborough School District / 24,413 |
| 72. | $5,642 | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 12,841 |
| 73. | $5,600 | Topsfield School District / 6,096 |
| 74. | $5,589 | Acton-Boxborough School District / 25,878 |
| 75. | $5,564 | Dracut School District / 28,930 |
| 76. | $5,462 | Palmer School District / 13,153 |
| 77. | $5,436 | Chelmsford School District / 33,655 |
| 78. | $5,421 | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,160 |
| 79. | $5,414 | Andover School District / 33,309 |
| 80. | $5,377 | Holyoke School District / 40,530 |
| 81. | $5,355 | North Reading School District / 13,286 |
| 82. | $5,354 | Salem School District / 41,547 |
| 83. | $5,320 | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,246 |
| 84. | $5,307 | Malden School District / 55,521 |
| 85. | $5,276 | Orange School District / 7,689 |
| 86. | $5,275 | Walpole School District / 23,167 |
| 87. | $5,218 | Methuen School District / 43,889 |
| 88. | $5,165 | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 40,440 |
| 89. | $5,095 | Southampton School District / 5,835 |
| 90. | $5,088 | West Springfield School District / 28,324 |
| 91. | $5,085 | Beverly School District / 39,597 |
| 92. | $5,008 | Arlington School District / 41,244 |
| 93. | $4,988 | Hampshire School District / 12,382 |
| 94. | $4,970 | Southbridge School District / 17,516 |
| 95. | $4,969 | West Bridgewater School District / 6,667 |
| 96. | $4,961 | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 10,743 |
| 97. | $4,954 | Burlington School District / 24,983 |
| 98. | $4,941 | Agawam School District / 28,599 |
| 99. | $4,915 | Quabbin School District / 15,738 |
| 100. | $4,875 | North Brookfield School District / 5,048 |
| 101. | $4,818 | Saugus School District / 27,089 |
| 102. | $4,783 | King Philip School District / 30,241 |
| 103. | $4,779 | Haverhill School District / 60,681 |
| 104. | $4,705 | Springfield School District / 153,170 |
| 105. | $4,679 | Name N/A / 418,381 |
| 106. | $4,655 | Newburyport School District / 17,428 |
| 107. | $4,579 | Swampscott School District / 13,997 |
| 108. | $4,571 | Gardner School District / 21,018 |
| 109. | $4,545 | Lowell School District / 103,077 |
| 110. | $4,494 | Nauset School District / 24,870 |
| 111. | $4,448 | Revere School District / 50,555 |
| 112. | $4,427 | Brookline School District / 56,166 |
| 113. | $4,409 | Mansfield School District / 23,329 |
| 114. | $4,394 | Clinton School District / 14,196 |
| 115. | $4,374 | Kingston School District / 12,360 |
| 116. | $4,358 | Sharon School District / 17,365 |
| 117. | $4,345 | Harwich School District / 12,316 |
| 118. | $4,324 | Worcester School District / 178,397 |
| 119. | $4,324 | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,185 |
| 120. | $4,295 | Sudbury School District / 17,244 |
| 121. | $4,291 | Braintree School District / 34,466 |
| 122. | $4,270 | Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in Turo (7-12) / 1,938 |
| 122. | $4,270 | Truro School District / 1,938 |
| 124. | $4,262 | Bellingham School District / 15,752 |
| 125. | $4,246 | Silver Lake School District / 22,849 |
| 126. | $4,240 | Boston School District / 625,304 |
| 127. | $4,219 | Wilmington School District / 21,972 |
| 128. | $4,206 | Lawrence School District / 70,273 |
| 129. | $4,205 | Watertown School District / 32,767 |
| 130. | $4,205 | Hopedale School District / 6,276 |
| 131. | $4,195 | Foxborough School District / 16,445 |
| 132. | $4,187 | Marlborough School District / 37,963 |
| 133. | $4,167 | North Attleborough School District / 27,807 |
| 134. | $4,162 | Oxford School District / 13,813 |
| 135. | $4,148 | Halifax School District / 7,735 |
| 136. | $4,140 | Whately School District / 1,588 |
| 137. | $4,138 | Williamstown School District / 8,097 |
| 138. | $4,111 | Greenfield School District / 17,862 |
| 139. | $4,110 | Monson School District / 9,023 |
| 140. | $4,107 | Quincy School District / 90,120 |
| 141. | $4,080 | Savoy School District / 763 |
| 141. | $4,080 | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 763 |
| 143. | $4,080 | Lynn School District / 87,196 |
| 144. | $4,074 | Reading School District / 23,257 |
| 145. | $4,065 | Randolph School District / 30,391 |
| 146. | $4,064 | Winchendon School District / 10,293 |
| 147. | $4,044 | Hanover School District / 13,961 |
| 148. | $4,036 | East Longmeadow School District / 15,484 |
| 149. | $4,034 | Hingham School District / 22,158 |
| 150. | $4,027 | Webster School District / 16,914 |
| 151. | $4,016 | Chelsea School District / 36,166 |
| 152. | $3,976 | Mount Greylock School District / 11,227 |
| 153. | $3,972 | Winchester School District / 21,229 |
| 154. | $3,963 | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,385 |
| 155. | $3,954 | Wrentham School District / 11,106 |
| 156. | $3,939 | Narragansett School District / 9,752 |
| 157. | $3,930 | New Bedford School District / 91,339 |
| 158. | $3,902 | Frontier School District / 12,005 |
| 159. | $3,891 | Brookfield School District / 3,409 |
| 160. | $3,862 | Lenox School District / 5,096 |
| 161. | $3,858 | Wakefield School District / 24,715 |
| 162. | $3,854 | Mashpee School District / 14,265 |
| 163. | $3,850 | Pentucket School District / 17,795 |
| 164. | $3,835 | North Andover School District / 27,433 |
| 165. | $3,830 | Framingham School District / 66,411 |
| 166. | $3,824 | Berkley School District / 6,409 |
| 166. | $3,824 | Somerset School District in Berkley (9-12) / 6,409 |
| 168. | $3,817 | Taunton School District / 55,718 |
| 169. | $3,809 | Leicester School District / 11,100 |
| 170. | $3,806 | Brockton School District / 93,217 |
| 171. | $3,790 | Westfield School District / 41,373 |
| 172. | $3,768 | Lakeville School District / 10,460 |
| 173. | $3,758 | Hull School District / 11,090 |
| 174. | $3,741 | Falmouth School District / 33,071 |
| 175. | $3,728 | Holliston School District / 13,963 |
| 176. | $3,727 | New Salem-Wendell School District / 1,808 |
| 177. | $3,723 | Everett School District / 37,525 |
| 178. | $3,718 | Fall River School District / 90,853 |
| 179. | $3,701 | Ware School District / 9,843 |
| 180. | $3,678 | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,518 |
| 180. | $3,678 | Hawlemont School District / 1,518 |
| 182. | $3,671 | Wachusett School District / 41,452 |
| 183. | $3,638 | Ashland School District / 15,136 |
| 184. | $3,614 | South Hadley School District / 17,190 |
| 185. | $3,609 | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 23,637 |
| 186. | $3,596 | Pittsfield School District / 42,943 |
| 187. | $3,595 | Bourne School District / 19,395 |
| 188. | $3,565 | Weymouth School District / 53,602 |
| 189. | $3,536 | Auburn School District / 16,473 |
| 190. | $3,519 | Milford School District / 27,636 |
| 191. | $3,491 | Gateway School District / 8,449 |
| 192. | $3,488 | Easthampton School District / 16,176 |
| 193. | $3,486 | Medford School District / 55,796 |
| 194. | $3,453 | Ludlow School District / 22,217 |
| 195. | $3,428 | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,473 |
| 196. | $3,388 | Northampton School District / 28,548 |
| 197. | $3,376 | Wareham School District / 21,150 |
| 198. | $3,376 | Waltham School District / 60,547 |
| 199. | $3,371 | Hadley School District / 4,740 |
| 200. | $3,365 | Cambridge School District / 106,255 |
| 201. | $3,360 | Natick School District / 31,921 |
| 202. | $3,345 | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,737 |
| 203. | $3,343 | Seekonk School District / 13,573 |
| 204. | $3,336 | Hudson School District / 19,551 |
| 205. | $3,329 | Peabody School District / 51,186 |
| 206. | $3,326 | Medfield School District / 12,175 |
| 207. | $3,297 | Triton School District / 20,954 |
| 208. | $3,286 | Tisbury School District / 3,884 |
| 209. | $3,283 | Plympton School District / 2,754 |
| 210. | $3,271 | Northbridge School District / 14,587 |
| 211. | $3,271 | Stoughton School District / 26,910 |
| 212. | $3,225 | Wales School District / 2,143 |
| 213. | $3,221 | Fitchburg School District / 41,007 |
| 214. | $3,217 | Carlisle School District / 4,817 |
| 215. | $3,199 | Franklin School District / 31,247 |
| 216. | $3,171 | Plymouth School District / 56,124 |
| 217. | $3,167 | Chicopee School District / 55,875 |
| 218. | $3,147 | Ayer/Lunenberg School Districts in Shirley (9-12) / 7,848 |
| 218. | $3,147 | Shirley School District / 7,848 |
| 220. | $3,113 | Athol-Royalston School District / 13,181 |
| 221. | $3,106 | Amesbury School District / 16,503 |
| 222. | $3,100 | Marblehead School District / 19,870 |
| 223. | $3,094 | Mattapoisett School District / 6,456 |
| 224. | $3,069 | Winthrop School District / 18,605 |
| 225. | $2,977 | Concord-Carlisle School District / 22,383 |
| 226. | $2,940 | Amherst-Pelham School District / 41,163 |
| 227. | $2,912 | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,829 |
| 228. | $2,912 | Martha's Vineyard School District / 15,519 |
| 229. | $2,905 | Lynnfield School District / 11,492 |
| 230. | $2,899 | Fairhaven School District / 16,111 |
| 231. | $2,844 | Norwood School District / 28,346 |
| 232. | $2,836 | Concord School District / 17,566 |
| 233. | $2,834 | Norton School District / 19,103 |
| 234. | $2,827 | Lanesborough School District / 3,130 |
| 235. | $2,740 | Avon School District / 4,349 |
| 236. | $2,698 | North Adams School District / 13,941 |
| 237. | $2,682 | Hopkinton School District / 14,326 |
| 238. | $2,649 | Leominster School District / 42,085 |
| 239. | $2,629 | Harvard School District / 6,145 |
| 240. | $2,609 | Shutesbury School District / 1,935 |
| 241. | $2,594 | Amherst School District / 35,971 |
| 242. | $2,589 | Attleboro School District / 43,297 |
| 243. | $2,562 | Rockport School District / 7,631 |
| 244. | $2,546 | Quaboag Regional School District / 9,131 |
| 245. | $2,520 | Hatfield School District / 3,237 |
| 246. | $2,497 | North Middlesex School District / 23,903 |
| 247. | $2,452 | Plainville School District / 8,167 |
| 248. | $2,417 | Sandwich School District / 20,150 |
| 249. | $2,374 | Tewksbury School District / 29,030 |
| 250. | $2,347 | Millis School District / 7,964 |
| 251. | $2,338 | Sunderland School District / 3,779 |
| 252. | $2,335 | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 39,675 |
| 253. | $2,322 | Belmont School District / 23,394 |
| 254. | $2,292 | Nashoba School District / 17,919 |
| 255. | $2,291 | Acton School District / 20,777 |
| 256. | $2,276 | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,674 |
| 257. | $2,214 | Freetown School District / 9,013 |
| 258. | $2,193 | Granby School District / 6,255 |
| 259. | $2,084 | Rockland School District / 17,845 |
| 260. | $2,035 | Carver School District / 11,806 |
| 261. | $2,000 | Berlin School District / 2,795 |
| 262. | $1,926 | Needham School District / 28,679 |
| 263. | $1,923 | Chatham School District / 6,761 |
| 264. | $1,900 | Pembroke School District / 18,476 |
| 265. | $1,810 | Granville School District / 1,659 |
| 265. | $1,810 | Southwick-Tolland School District in Granville (9-12) / 1,659 |
| 267. | $1,716 | East Bridgewater School District / 13,886 |
| 268. | $1,711 | Central Berkshire School District / 14,215 |
| 269. | $1,650 | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,044 |
| 270. | $1,631 | Somerset School District / 18,503 |
| 271. | $1,601 | Westborough School District / 18,427 |
| 272. | $1,600 | Medway School District / 12,813 |
| 273. | $1,535 | Westport School District / 15,286 |
| 274. | $1,519 | Scituate School District / 18,192 |
| 275. | $1,500 | Southwick-Tolland School District / 10,163 |
| 276. | $1,396 | Masconomet School District / 23,229 |
| 277. | $1,381 | Southborough School District / 9,681 |
| 278. | $1,330 | Erving School District / 1,863 |
| 278. | $1,330 | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,863 |
| 280. | $1,246 | Duxbury School District / 14,225 |
| 281. | $1,228 | Middleborough School District / 21,051 |
| 282. | $1,042 | Westwood School District / 14,040 |
| 283. | $1,000 | Petersham School District / 1,246 |
| 284. | $978 | Wellfleet School District / 3,041 |
| 285. | $963 | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,893 |
| 285. | $963 | Clarksburg School District / 1,893 |
| 287. | $950 | Up-Island Regional School District / 3,797 |
| 288. | $780 | Lee School District / 6,196 |
| 289. | $746 | Acushnet School District / 10,372 |
| 289. | $746 | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,372 |
| 291. | $564 | Lunenburg School District / 10,133 |
| 292. | $555 | Middleton School District / 8,958 |
| 293. | $553 | Millbury School District / 13,628 |
| 294. | $489 | Holbrook School District / 10,685 |
| 295. | $415 | Ayer School District / 7,601 |
| 296. | $350 | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,539 |
| 297. | $260 | Westhampton School District / 1,824 |
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.
