| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $25,007 | Sunderland School District / 3,683 |
| 2. | $19,100 | Boylston School District / 4,399 |
| 3. | $16,468 | Hopkinton School District / 15,604 |
| 4. | $15,575 | Oxford School District / 13,772 |
| 5. | $14,928 | Dover School District / 5,727 |
| 6. | $14,722 | Ipswich School District / 13,480 |
| 7. | $13,960 | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,927 |
| 8. | $13,661 | Wayland School District / 13,294 |
| 9. | $13,195 | Carver School District / 11,541 |
| 10. | $11,471 | Sherborn School District / 4,200 |
| 11. | $11,186 | Milton School District / 27,204 |
| 12. | $10,698 | Auburn School District / 16,294 |
| 13. | $10,686 | Martha's Vineyard School District / 16,816 |
| 13. | $10,686 | Tisbury School District / 4,036 |
| 15. | $10,452 | Foxborough School District / 17,129 |
| 16. | $10,357 | Lunenburg School District / 10,797 |
| 17. | $10,352 | Orleans School District / 5,874 |
| 18. | $10,166 | Needham School District / 29,540 |
| 19. | $9,905 | Weston School District / 11,704 |
| 20. | $9,903 | Uxbridge School District / 13,609 |
| 21. | $9,858 | Marblehead School District / 20,163 |
| 22. | $9,770 | Wellesley School District / 28,858 |
| 23. | $9,672 | Newburyport School District / 17,662 |
| 24. | $9,638 | Westhampton School District / 1,586 |
| 25. | $9,530 | Norwell School District / 10,651 |
| 26. | $9,320 | Bedford School District / 13,788 |
| 27. | $8,941 | Canton School District / 22,036 |
| 28. | $8,928 | Westford School District / 22,854 |
| 29. | $8,903 | Westwood School District / 14,809 |
| 30. | $8,888 | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 14,009 |
| 31. | $8,812 | Maynard School District / 10,314 |
| 32. | $8,753 | Cohasset School District / 8,100 |
| 33. | $8,663 | Sudbury School District / 18,197 |
| 34. | $8,582 | Hudson School District / 19,464 |
| 35. | $8,571 | Groton-Dunstable School District / 14,296 |
| 36. | $8,451 | Wakefield School District / 25,835 |
| 37. | $8,436 | Hanover School District / 14,120 |
| 38. | $8,312 | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 25,378 |
| 39. | $8,227 | Sharon School District / 17,879 |
| 40. | $8,140 | Natick School District / 34,230 |
| 41. | $8,117 | Wrentham School District / 11,169 |
| 42. | $8,100 | Hopedale School District / 5,934 |
| 43. | $7,939 | Frontier School District / 11,827 |
| 44. | $7,900 | Winchester School District / 21,863 |
| 45. | $7,758 | Concord School District / 18,834 |
| 46. | $7,613 | West Boylston School District / 7,792 |
| 47. | $7,475 | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,653 |
| 47. | $7,475 | Hawlemont School District / 1,653 |
| 49. | $7,391 | Middleborough School District / 23,541 |
| 50. | $7,308 | Scituate School District / 18,240 |
| 51. | $7,183 | Hingham School District / 22,550 |
| 52. | $7,108 | Medfield School District / 12,236 |
| 53. | $6,909 | Mansfield School District / 23,389 |
| 54. | $6,845 | Burlington School District / 25,190 |
| 55. | $6,748 | Brookline School District / 59,016 |
| 56. | $6,743 | Sandwich School District / 20,605 |
| 57. | $6,673 | Weymouth School District / 54,815 |
| 58. | $6,661 | Deerfield School District / 5,097 |
| 59. | $6,577 | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,959 |
| 60. | $6,571 | Norwood School District / 28,844 |
| 61. | $6,508 | Waltham School District / 61,908 |
| 62. | $6,393 | Newton School District / 86,945 |
| 63. | $6,372 | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,537 |
| 64. | $6,306 | Duxbury School District / 15,208 |
| 65. | $6,292 | Belmont School District / 25,173 |
| 66. | $6,263 | Wachusett School District / 42,131 |
| 67. | $6,243 | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,316 |
| 68. | $6,221 | Mashpee School District / 13,988 |
| 69. | $6,176 | Nauset School District / 23,675 |
| 70. | $6,158 | Granby School District / 6,301 |
| 71. | $6,154 | Agawam School District / 28,626 |
| 72. | $6,128 | Falmouth School District / 31,576 |
| 73. | $6,074 | Wellfleet School District / 3,011 |
| 74. | $5,918 | Holbrook School District / 10,925 |
| 75. | $5,869 | Boxborough School District / 5,102 |
| 76. | $5,869 | Swampscott School District / 13,912 |
| 77. | $5,866 | Millis School District / 8,007 |
| 78. | $5,860 | Stoneham School District / 21,611 |
| 79. | $5,809 | Name N/A / 15,120 |
| 80. | $5,746 | Central Berkshire School District / 13,907 |
| 81. | $5,740 | Avon School District / 4,421 |
| 82. | $5,716 | Cambridge School District / 106,844 |
| 83. | $5,702 | Reading School District / 25,176 |
| 84. | $5,684 | Watertown School District / 32,880 |
| 85. | $5,678 | Shrewsbury School District / 36,114 |
| 86. | $5,634 | Easton School District / 23,548 |
| 87. | $5,542 | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,329 |
| 87. | $5,542 | Acushnet School District / 10,329 |
| 89. | $5,526 | Dedham School District / 25,111 |
| 90. | $5,501 | Lexington School District / 32,306 |
| 91. | $5,427 | Harvard School District / 6,558 |
| 92. | $5,364 | Milford School District / 28,203 |
| 93. | $5,350 | Andover School District / 34,251 |
| 94. | $5,348 | Salem School District / 42,321 |
| 95. | $5,300 | Savoy School District / 703 |
| 95. | $5,300 | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 703 |
| 97. | $5,294 | Grafton School District / 18,047 |
| 98. | $5,262 | Plymouth School District / 57,414 |
| 99. | $5,260 | Northampton School District / 28,637 |
| 100. | $5,259 | Taunton School District / 56,056 |
| 101. | $5,258 | Medway School District / 12,965 |
| 102. | $5,246 | Webster School District / 16,806 |
| 103. | $5,245 | Berkley School District / 6,492 |
| 104. | $5,225 | Chicopee School District / 55,603 |
| 105. | $5,200 | Whately School District / 1,384 |
| 106. | $5,197 | Brewster School District / 9,858 |
| 107. | $5,180 | Ashland School District / 16,985 |
| 108. | $5,173 | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 24,759 |
| 109. | $5,168 | King Philip School District / 31,279 |
| 110. | $5,135 | Name N/A / 18,334 |
| 111. | $5,102 | Attleboro School District / 43,774 |
| 112. | $5,098 | Medford School District / 56,981 |
| 113. | $5,049 | Framingham School District / 69,900 |
| 114. | $5,046 | Brockton School District / 94,267 |
| 115. | $5,040 | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,603 |
| 116. | $5,008 | Bellingham School District / 16,564 |
| 117. | $4,972 | Monson School District / 8,660 |
| 118. | $4,927 | Holyoke School District / 40,079 |
| 119. | $4,921 | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 37,793 |
| 120. | $4,904 | Gloucester School District / 29,237 |
| 121. | $4,884 | Melrose School District / 27,509 |
| 122. | $4,882 | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,372 |
| 123. | $4,874 | Concord-Carlisle School District / 23,801 |
| 124. | $4,844 | Worcester School District / 182,511 |
| 125. | $4,812 | Lynn School District / 91,289 |
| 126. | $4,798 | Somerville School District / 77,560 |
| 127. | $4,788 | Acton-Boxborough School District / 27,716 |
| 128. | $4,775 | Dracut School District / 30,350 |
| 129. | $4,764 | Middleton School District / 9,273 |
| 130. | $4,746 | Danvers School District / 27,075 |
| 131. | $4,736 | Name N/A / 417,245 |
| 132. | $4,702 | Springfield School District / 153,836 |
| 133. | $4,680 | Billerica School District / 41,446 |
| 134. | $4,644 | Acton School District / 22,614 |
| 135. | $4,619 | North Adams School District / 13,563 |
| 136. | $4,548 | Winthrop School District / 17,992 |
| 137. | $4,538 | Winchendon School District / 10,466 |
| 138. | $4,533 | Gardner School District / 20,279 |
| 139. | $4,533 | Provincetown School District / 2,959 |
| 140. | $4,510 | Masconomet School District / 23,664 |
| 141. | $4,473 | Malden School District / 60,309 |
| 142. | $4,468 | West Bridgewater School District / 6,981 |
| 143. | $4,456 | Tewksbury School District / 29,718 |
| 144. | $4,444 | Narragansett School District / 9,738 |
| 145. | $4,411 | Boston School District / 639,594 |
| 146. | $4,398 | Ware School District / 9,886 |
| 147. | $4,390 | Southbridge School District / 16,775 |
| 148. | $4,382 | New Salem-Wendell School District / 1,987 |
| 149. | $4,369 | Marlborough School District / 39,141 |
| 150. | $4,365 | Name N/A / 24,754 |
| 151. | $4,350 | Conway School District / 1,663 |
| 152. | $4,346 | Kingston School District / 12,846 |
| 153. | $4,319 | Marshfield School District / 25,430 |
| 154. | $4,308 | Revere School District / 53,258 |
| 155. | $4,304 | Chelsea School District / 37,084 |
| 156. | $4,277 | New Bedford School District / 94,873 |
| 157. | $4,276 | Amherst School District / 39,260 |
| 158. | $4,270 | Chelmsford School District / 34,495 |
| 159. | $4,263 | Quincy School District / 92,920 |
| 160. | $4,249 | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,847 |
| 161. | $4,248 | Clinton School District / 13,675 |
| 162. | $4,243 | Lawrence School District / 77,364 |
| 163. | $4,227 | Everett School District / 42,758 |
| 164. | $4,188 | Beverly School District / 40,370 |
| 165. | $4,160 | North Andover School District / 28,963 |
| 166. | $4,138 | Westborough School District / 18,481 |
| 167. | $4,135 | Boxford School District / 8,105 |
| 168. | $4,131 | Wales School District / 1,923 |
| 169. | $4,120 | Norton School District / 19,280 |
| 170. | $4,111 | Saugus School District / 27,369 |
| 171. | $4,105 | Dartmouth School District / 34,384 |
| 172. | $4,100 | Barnstable School District / 44,750 |
| 173. | $4,084 | Somerset School District / 18,262 |
| 174. | $4,079 | Abington School District / 16,081 |
| 175. | $4,073 | Woburn School District / 38,826 |
| 176. | $4,053 | Ludlow School District / 21,288 |
| 177. | $4,026 | Rochester School District / 5,348 |
| 178. | $4,000 | Fall River School District / 88,756 |
| 179. | $3,997 | South Hadley School District / 17,745 |
| 180. | $3,986 | Westfield School District / 41,371 |
| 181. | $3,956 | Topsfield School District / 6,286 |
| 182. | $3,953 | Pittsfield School District / 44,226 |
| 183. | $3,942 | Methuen School District / 48,159 |
| 184. | $3,921 | Holliston School District / 14,008 |
| 185. | $3,905 | Amherst-Pelham School District / 44,250 |
| 186. | $3,885 | Haverhill School District / 61,769 |
| 187. | $3,854 | North Middlesex School District / 24,112 |
| 188. | $3,847 | Nantucket School District / 10,414 |
| 189. | $3,817 | Pembroke School District / 18,006 |
| 190. | $3,797 | Wareham School District / 22,247 |
| 191. | $3,781 | West Springfield School District / 28,554 |
| 192. | $3,727 | Lowell School District / 108,491 |
| 193. | $3,704 | Hampshire School District / 12,499 |
| 194. | $3,703 | Rockland School District / 17,616 |
| 195. | $3,680 | Stoughton School District / 27,833 |
| 196. | $3,664 | Fitchburg School District / 40,419 |
| 197. | $3,640 | Braintree School District / 36,543 |
| 198. | $3,633 | Rowe School District / 452 |
| 198. | $3,633 | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 452 |
| 200. | $3,618 | Silver Lake School District / 23,315 |
| 201. | $3,604 | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,915 |
| 202. | $3,594 | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,891 |
| 203. | $3,589 | North Attleborough School District / 28,779 |
| 204. | $3,586 | Northborough School District / 14,644 |
| 205. | $3,535 | Peabody School District / 51,868 |
| 206. | $3,479 | North Reading School District / 15,249 |
| 207. | $3,476 | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,593 |
| 208. | $3,454 | Arlington School District / 43,728 |
| 209. | $3,444 | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 726 |
| 209. | $3,444 | Hancock School District / 726 |
| 211. | $3,438 | Wilmington School District / 22,907 |
| 212. | $3,360 | Lenox School District / 5,043 |
| 213. | $3,286 | Northbridge School District / 16,100 |
| 214. | $3,286 | Clarksburg School District / 1,580 |
| 214. | $3,286 | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,580 |
| 216. | $3,283 | Tyngsborough School District / 11,867 |
| 217. | $3,259 | Franklin School District / 32,393 |
| 218. | $3,257 | Pentucket School District / 17,711 |
| 219. | $3,249 | Southwick-Tolland School District / 11,686 |
| 220. | $3,238 | Westport School District / 15,647 |
| 221. | $3,208 | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,494 |
| 222. | $3,201 | Leicester School District / 11,147 |
| 223. | $3,198 | East Bridgewater School District / 13,996 |
| 224. | $3,197 | Randolph School District / 33,135 |
| 225. | $3,192 | Holland School District / 2,491 |
| 226. | $3,178 | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,890 |
| 227. | $3,173 | Walpole School District / 24,571 |
| 228. | $3,172 | Northborough-Southborough School District / 24,513 |
| 229. | $3,068 | Bourne School District / 19,749 |
| 230. | $3,064 | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,366 |
| 230. | $3,064 | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,366 |
| 232. | $3,037 | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 40,448 |
| 233. | $3,020 | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,263 |
| 234. | $2,953 | Palmer School District / 12,155 |
| 235. | $2,907 | Quabbin School District / 15,772 |
| 236. | $2,889 | Leominster School District / 40,954 |
| 237. | $2,878 | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,057 |
| 238. | $2,871 | Leverett School District / 1,836 |
| 239. | $2,864 | Greenfield School District / 17,484 |
| 240. | $2,850 | North Brookfield School District / 4,715 |
| 241. | $2,739 | Old Rochester School District / 16,421 |
| 242. | $2,703 | Nashoba School District / 19,886 |
| 243. | $2,693 | Orange School District / 7,793 |
| 244. | $2,676 | Gateway School District / 8,898 |
| 245. | $2,650 | Lincoln School District / 7,181 |
| 246. | $2,643 | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,188 |
| 247. | $2,624 | East Longmeadow School District / 15,917 |
| 248. | $2,600 | Longmeadow School District / 15,858 |
| 249. | $2,585 | Littleton School District / 9,157 |
| 250. | $2,567 | Erving School District / 1,832 |
| 250. | $2,567 | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,832 |
| 252. | $2,545 | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,451 |
| 252. | $2,545 | Nahant School District / 3,451 |
| 254. | $2,500 | Marion School District / 4,935 |
| 255. | $2,403 | Plainville School District / 8,581 |
| 256. | $2,400 | Brookfield School District / 3,396 |
| 257. | $2,387 | Belchertown School District / 14,774 |
| 258. | $2,385 | Lee School District / 6,340 |
| 259. | $2,378 | Tantasqua School District / 20,840 |
| 260. | $2,330 | Berlin School District / 2,917 |
| 261. | $2,322 | Seekonk School District / 14,131 |
| 262. | $2,243 | Hull School District / 10,324 |
| 263. | $2,226 | Gill-Montague School District / 9,967 |
| 264. | $2,218 | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,505 |
| 265. | $2,151 | Amesbury School District / 16,554 |
| 266. | $2,137 | Triton School District / 21,284 |
| 267. | $2,100 | Plympton School District / 2,840 |
| 268. | $2,033 | Williamsburg School District / 2,583 |
| 269. | $2,031 | Swansea School District / 16,005 |
| 270. | $1,996 | Halifax School District / 7,629 |
| 271. | $1,992 | Williamstown School District / 7,624 |
| 272. | $1,972 | Fairhaven School District / 15,971 |
| 273. | $1,944 | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,549 |
| 274. | $1,905 | Easthampton School District / 16,066 |
| 275. | $1,825 | Georgetown School District / 8,379 |
| 276. | $1,727 | Carlisle School District / 4,967 |
| 277. | $1,589 | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 13,137 |
| 278. | $1,403 | Douglas School District / 8,578 |
| 279. | $1,402 | Mount Greylock School District / 10,926 |
| 280. | $1,309 | Southborough School District / 9,869 |
| 281. | $1,306 | Rockport School District / 7,078 |
| 282. | $1,259 | Hadley School District / 5,285 |
| 283. | $1,116 | Lynnfield School District / 12,058 |
| 284. | $1,103 | Millbury School District / 13,350 |
| 285. | $946 | Mattapoisett School District / 6,138 |
| 286. | $911 | Brimfield School District / 3,667 |
| 287. | $860 | Eastham School District / 4,932 |
| 288. | $847 | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,827 |
| 289. | $575 | Southampton School District / 5,958 |
| 290. | $517 | Lanesborough School District / 3,302 |
| 291. | $450 | Hatfield School District / 3,293 |
| 292. | $413 | Shutesbury School District / 1,804 |
| 293. | $327 | Sturbridge School District / 9,363 |
| 294. | $313 | Sutton School District / 9,078 |
| 295. | $300 | Petersham School District / 1,277 |
| 296. | $105 | Mendon-Upton School District / 13,536 |
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.
