| Rank | Less than a High School Education Percentage ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 37.3% | Chelsea School District / 35,527 |
| 2. | 34.0% | Lawrence School District / 76,331 |
| 3. | 31.2% | New Bedford School District / 94,952 |
| 4. | 30.2% | Fall River School District / 89,049 |
| 5. | 25.9% | Holyoke School District / 39,996 |
| 6. | 24.0% | Springfield School District / 153,278 |
| 7. | 21.7% | Lowell School District / 106,739 |
| 8. | 21.7% | Gosnold School District / 169 |
| 9. | 20.6% | Lynn School District / 90,392 |
| 10. | 20.5% | Revere School District / 51,729 |
| 11. | 20.5% | Everett School District / 41,621 |
| 12. | 19.7% | Southbridge School District / 16,775 |
| 13. | 19.5% | Dartmouth School District / 34,117 |
| 14. | 19.5% | Brockton School District / 93,916 |
| 15. | 18.9% | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,302 |
| 15. | 18.9% | Acushnet School District / 10,302 |
| 17. | 18.8% | Taunton School District / 55,951 |
| 18. | 18.0% | Ludlow School District / 21,146 |
| 19. | 17.7% | Chicopee School District / 55,326 |
| 20. | 17.5% | Edgartown School District / 4,086 |
| 21. | 17.4% | Gardner School District / 20,250 |
| 22. | 17.4% | Fitchburg School District / 40,314 |
| 23. | 16.7% | Webster School District / 16,760 |
| 24. | 16.2% | Fairhaven School District / 15,893 |
| 25. | 16.1% | Somerset School District / 18,231 |
| 26. | 15.9% | Worcester School District / 181,473 |
| 27. | 15.5% | Boston School District / 619,662 |
| 28. | 15.5% | Malden School District / 59,388 |
| 29. | 15.4% | Name N/A / 24,642 |
| 30. | 15.3% | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,642 |
| 31. | 14.7% | Westport School District / 15,499 |
| 32. | 14.4% | North Adams School District / 13,725 |
| 33. | 14.1% | Leominster School District / 40,879 |
| 34. | 13.1% | North Adams School District in Monroe (9-12) / 105 |
| 35. | 13.1% | Berkley School District / 6,411 |
| 36. | 12.8% | Clinton School District / 13,618 |
| 37. | 12.7% | Swansea School District / 15,911 |
| 38. | 12.7% | Randolph School District / 32,383 |
| 39. | 12.6% | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,677 |
| 39. | 12.6% | Hawlemont School District / 1,677 |
| 41. | 12.5% | Attleboro School District / 43,603 |
| 41. | 12.5% | Orange School District / 7,831 |
| 43. | 12.5% | Quincy School District / 92,078 |
| 44. | 12.4% | Haverhill School District / 60,953 |
| 45. | 12.4% | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,693 |
| 46. | 12.3% | Florida School District / 820 |
| 47. | 12.3% | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 13,865 |
| 47. | 12.3% | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,834 |
| 49. | 12.2% | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 715 |
| 50. | 12.2% | Palmer School District / 12,159 |
| 51. | 12.1% | Methuen School District / 47,238 |
| 52. | 12.0% | West Springfield School District / 28,411 |
| 53. | 12.0% | Salem School District / 41,641 |
| 54. | 11.9% | Clarksburg School District / 1,805 |
| 54. | 11.9% | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,805 |
| 56. | 11.9% | West Boylston School District / 7,697 |
| 57. | 11.8% | Winchendon School District / 10,333 |
| 58. | 11.7% | Name N/A / 14,832 |
| 59. | 11.6% | Seekonk School District / 13,785 |
| 60. | 11.5% | Leicester School District / 10,988 |
| 61. | 11.3% | Hudson School District / 19,077 |
| 62. | 11.2% | North Brookfield School District / 4,681 |
| 63. | 11.2% | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,737 |
| 63. | 11.2% | Erving School District / 1,737 |
| 65. | 11.0% | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,198 |
| 66. | 11.0% | Gloucester School District / 28,937 |
| 67. | 10.9% | Somerville School District / 75,974 |
| 68. | 10.9% | Waltham School District / 60,836 |
| 69. | 10.8% | Dracut School District / 29,573 |
| 70. | 10.7% | Stoughton School District / 27,249 |
| 71. | 10.6% | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,109 |
| 72. | 10.5% | Ware School District / 9,866 |
| 73. | 10.4% | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,541 |
| 74. | 10.3% | Marlborough School District / 38,491 |
| 75. | 10.3% | Gill-Montague School District / 10,011 |
| 76. | 10.2% | Medford School District / 56,255 |
| 77. | 10.1% | Westfield School District / 41,162 |
| 78. | 10.0% | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 663 |
| 78. | 10.0% | Savoy School District / 663 |
| 80. | 9.9% | Framingham School District / 68,689 |
| 81. | 9.9% | Milford School District / 28,002 |
| 82. | 9.8% | Narragansett School District / 9,906 |
| 83. | 9.5% | Peabody School District / 51,215 |
| 84. | 9.4% | Granby School District / 6,245 |
| 85. | 9.3% | Wareham School District / 21,928 |
| 86. | 9.3% | Norfolk School District / 11,296 |
| 87. | 9.3% | Pittsfield School District / 44,542 |
| 88. | 9.2% | Monson School District / 8,580 |
| 89. | 8.8% | Easthampton School District / 16,030 |
| 90. | 8.8% | Northbridge School District / 15,661 |
| 91. | 8.8% | Auburn School District / 16,221 |
| 92. | 8.7% | Holbrook School District / 10,789 |
| 93. | 8.7% | Millbury School District / 13,270 |
| 94. | 8.6% | Greenfield School District / 17,543 |
| 95. | 8.6% | Middleton School District / 8,992 |
| 96. | 8.6% | West Bridgewater School District / 6,907 |
| 97. | 8.5% | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,566 |
| 98. | 8.3% | Carver School District / 11,497 |
| 99. | 8.3% | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 24,348 |
| 100. | 8.2% | Rochester School District / 5,229 |
| 101. | 8.1% | Brimfield School District / 3,610 |
| 102. | 8.1% | Bellingham School District / 16,304 |
| 103. | 8.1% | Middleborough School District / 23,037 |
| 104. | 8.0% | Northampton School District / 28,642 |
| 105. | 8.0% | South Hadley School District / 17,657 |
| 106. | 8.0% | Saugus School District / 26,761 |
| 107. | 8.0% | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,625 |
| 108. | 8.0% | Rockland School District / 17,518 |
| 109. | 7.8% | Maynard School District / 10,151 |
| 110. | 7.8% | Agawam School District / 28,476 |
| 110. | 7.8% | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,365 |
| 112. | 7.8% | Billerica School District / 40,479 |
| 113. | 7.7% | Rowe School District / 452 |
| 113. | 7.7% | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 452 |
| 115. | 7.6% | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,195 |
| 115. | 7.6% | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,195 |
| 117. | 7.6% | Martha's Vineyard School District / 16,412 |
| 118. | 7.6% | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 40,023 |
| 119. | 7.5% | Holland School District / 2,477 |
| 120. | 7.4% | Watertown School District / 32,073 |
| 121. | 7.4% | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,353 |
| 122. | 7.3% | New Salem-Wendell School District / 2,046 |
| 123. | 7.3% | Hatfield School District / 3,271 |
| 124. | 7.2% | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,202 |
| 125. | 7.1% | Stoneham School District / 21,414 |
| 126. | 7.1% | Brookfield School District / 3,378 |
| 127. | 7.1% | Mattapoisett School District / 6,070 |
| 128. | 7.0% | Central Berkshire School District / 14,093 |
| 129. | 7.0% | Sutton School District / 8,964 |
| 129. | 7.0% | Tisbury School District / 3,967 |
| 131. | 7.0% | Woburn School District / 38,231 |
| 132. | 7.0% | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,504 |
| 132. | 7.0% | Lunenburg School District / 10,356 |
| 134. | 7.0% | Uxbridge School District / 13,382 |
| 135. | 7.0% | Westhampton School District / 1,592 |
| 136. | 6.9% | Oxford School District / 13,713 |
| 137. | 6.9% | Winthrop School District / 17,584 |
| 138. | 6.9% | Old Rochester School District / 16,212 |
| 139. | 6.8% | Nantucket School District / 10,194 |
| 140. | 6.8% | King Philip School District / 30,534 |
| 141. | 6.7% | Wales School District / 1,990 |
| 141. | 6.7% | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 718 |
| 141. | 6.7% | Hancock School District / 718 |
| 144. | 6.7% | Plainville School District / 8,278 |
| 145. | 6.7% | Braintree School District / 35,731 |
| 146. | 6.6% | Falmouth School District / 31,589 |
| 147. | 6.6% | Quabbin School District / 15,608 |
| 147. | 6.6% | Gateway School District / 8,886 |
| 147. | 6.6% | Danvers School District / 26,568 |
| 147. | 6.6% | Sunderland School District / 3,690 |
| 151. | 6.5% | Triton School District / 20,832 |
| 152. | 6.5% | Lanesborough School District / 3,288 |
| 153. | 6.5% | Amesbury School District / 16,344 |
| 154. | 6.4% | Leverett School District / 1,812 |
| 155. | 6.4% | Tantasqua School District / 20,685 |
| 156. | 6.4% | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 38,091 |
| 157. | 6.3% | Avon School District / 4,349 |
| 158. | 6.2% | Harwich School District / 12,253 |
| 159. | 6.1% | Westborough School District / 18,345 |
| 159. | 6.1% | Longmeadow School District / 15,803 |
| 161. | 6.1% | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,702 |
| 162. | 6.1% | Southwick-Tolland School District / 9,998 |
| 163. | 6.0% | Barnstable School District / 45,170 |
| 164. | 6.0% | Hopedale School District / 5,911 |
| 165. | 6.0% | East Bridgewater School District / 13,794 |
| 165. | 6.0% | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,359 |
| 165. | 6.0% | Plymouth School District / 56,574 |
| 168. | 6.0% | Cambridge School District / 105,026 |
| 169. | 6.0% | Beverly School District / 39,748 |
| 170. | 5.9% | Tewksbury School District / 29,109 |
| 171. | 5.9% | Plympton School District / 2,817 |
| 172. | 5.9% | Norwood School District / 28,580 |
| 173. | 5.9% | Name N/A / 412,003 |
| 174. | 5.9% | North Middlesex School District / 23,584 |
| 174. | 5.9% | Lee School District / 6,290 |
| 176. | 5.9% | Dedham School District / 24,716 |
| 177. | 5.9% | Weymouth School District / 53,933 |
| 177. | 5.9% | Shrewsbury School District / 35,583 |
| 179. | 5.8% | North Attleborough School District / 28,673 |
| 179. | 5.8% | Lenox School District / 5,011 |
| 179. | 5.8% | Hull School District / 10,342 |
| 182. | 5.8% | Kingston School District / 12,609 |
| 183. | 5.7% | Belchertown School District / 14,593 |
| 183. | 5.7% | Burlington School District / 24,575 |
| 185. | 5.7% | Tyngsborough School District / 11,484 |
| 186. | 5.6% | Berlin School District / 2,856 |
| 187. | 5.6% | Norton School District / 19,123 |
| 188. | 5.6% | Foxborough School District / 16,864 |
| 189. | 5.6% | Harvard School District / 6,505 |
| 190. | 5.4% | Walpole School District / 24,118 |
| 191. | 5.4% | Mount Greylock School District / 11,045 |
| 192. | 5.3% | Marion School District / 4,913 |
| 193. | 5.3% | Truro School District / 1,653 |
| 193. | 5.3% | Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in Turo (7-12) / 1,653 |
| 195. | 5.3% | Silver Lake School District / 22,950 |
| 196. | 5.3% | Hanover School District / 13,902 |
| 197. | 5.3% | Douglas School District / 8,432 |
| 198. | 5.2% | Concord School District / 18,081 |
| 198. | 5.2% | Nashoba School District / 19,458 |
| 200. | 5.2% | Grafton School District / 17,692 |
| 201. | 5.2% | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,197 |
| 202. | 5.2% | Hadley School District / 5,239 |
| 203. | 5.2% | Southwick-Tolland School District in Granville (9-12) / 1,481 |
| 203. | 5.2% | Granville School District / 1,481 |
| 205. | 5.0% | Pentucket School District / 17,161 |
| 206. | 5.0% | Sturbridge School District / 9,230 |
| 207. | 4.9% | Wakefield School District / 25,118 |
| 208. | 4.9% | Abington School District / 15,930 |
| 209. | 4.9% | Boylston School District / 4,341 |
| 210. | 4.9% | Williamstown School District / 7,757 |
| 211. | 4.8% | Wilmington School District / 22,392 |
| 212. | 4.7% | Pembroke School District / 17,831 |
| 213. | 4.7% | East Longmeadow School District / 15,710 |
| 214. | 4.7% | North Reading School District / 14,919 |
| 215. | 4.7% | Arlington School District / 42,952 |
| 215. | 4.7% | Masconomet School District / 23,109 |
| 217. | 4.6% | Easton School District / 23,220 |
| 218. | 4.5% | Hampshire School District / 12,284 |
| 218. | 4.5% | Williamsburg School District / 2,631 |
| 220. | 4.5% | Medway School District / 12,742 |
| 221. | 4.5% | Mashpee School District / 13,950 |
| 222. | 4.4% | North Andover School District / 28,114 |
| 222. | 4.4% | Amherst-Pelham School District / 43,287 |
| 222. | 4.4% | Amherst School District / 38,399 |
| 225. | 4.3% | Melrose School District / 27,043 |
| 226. | 4.3% | Halifax School District / 7,524 |
| 227. | 4.3% | Ipswich School District / 13,271 |
| 228. | 4.2% | Oak Bluffs School District / 4,513 |
| 229. | 4.2% | Frontier School District / 12,187 |
| 230. | 4.2% | Provincetown School District / 2,974 |
| 231. | 4.2% | Chelmsford School District / 33,931 |
| 232. | 4.1% | Concord-Carlisle School District / 22,951 |
| 233. | 4.1% | Petersham School District / 1,232 |
| 233. | 4.1% | Southampton School District / 5,828 |
| 235. | 4.1% | Wachusett School District / 41,371 |
| 236. | 4.0% | Mansfield School District / 23,191 |
| 237. | 4.0% | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,678 |
| 237. | 4.0% | Millis School District / 7,905 |
| 239. | 4.0% | Wrentham School District / 10,960 |
| 240. | 3.9% | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,233 |
| 241. | 3.8% | Rockport School District / 7,018 |
| 242. | 3.8% | Andover School District / 33,385 |
| 243. | 3.8% | Wellfleet School District / 3,098 |
| 244. | 3.7% | Sandwich School District / 20,645 |
| 245. | 3.7% | Ashland School District / 16,587 |
| 246. | 3.6% | Bourne School District / 19,710 |
| 246. | 3.6% | Milton School District / 26,954 |
| 248. | 3.6% | Groton-Dunstable School District / 13,877 |
| 249. | 3.5% | Canton School District / 21,596 |
| 249. | 3.5% | Shutesbury School District / 1,755 |
| 251. | 3.5% | Littleton School District / 8,934 |
| 251. | 3.5% | Natick School District / 33,071 |
| 253. | 3.5% | Newton School District / 85,177 |
| 254. | 3.4% | Conway School District / 1,828 |
| 255. | 3.4% | Brookline School District / 58,634 |
| 256. | 3.4% | Deerfield School District / 5,107 |
| 257. | 3.3% | Northborough School District / 14,407 |
| 258. | 3.3% | Belmont School District / 24,759 |
| 259. | 3.2% | Northborough-Southborough School District / 24,152 |
| 260. | 3.2% | Hingham School District / 22,136 |
| 261. | 3.2% | Southborough School District / 9,745 |
| 262. | 3.2% | Chatham School District / 6,164 |
| 263. | 3.1% | Newburyport School District / 17,460 |
| 264. | 3.1% | Lynnfield School District / 11,628 |
| 265. | 3.1% | Weston School District / 11,430 |
| 266. | 3.0% | Topsfield School District / 6,127 |
| 267. | 3.0% | Norwell School District / 10,501 |
| 268. | 3.0% | Whately School District / 1,562 |
| 268. | 3.0% | Mendon-Upton School District / 13,312 |
| 270. | 3.0% | Nahant School District / 3,438 |
| 270. | 3.0% | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,438 |
| 272. | 2.8% | Sharon School District / 17,619 |
| 273. | 2.8% | Holliston School District / 13,668 |
| 274. | 2.8% | Lexington School District / 31,527 |
| 275. | 2.8% | Brewster School District / 9,836 |
| 276. | 2.7% | Franklin School District / 31,760 |
| 276. | 2.7% | Reading School District / 24,753 |
| 278. | 2.7% | Westford School District / 22,107 |
| 279. | 2.7% | Nauset School District / 23,822 |
| 280. | 2.7% | Pelham School District / 1,321 |
| 281. | 2.6% | Acton School District / 21,977 |
| 282. | 2.5% | Winchester School District / 21,437 |
| 283. | 2.5% | Bedford School District / 13,407 |
| 283. | 2.5% | Medfield School District / 12,067 |
| 285. | 2.4% | Eastham School District / 4,983 |
| 286. | 2.4% | Scituate School District / 18,128 |
| 286. | 2.4% | Acton-Boxborough School District / 26,994 |
| 288. | 2.4% | Needham School District / 29,005 |
| 289. | 2.3% | Wellesley School District / 28,188 |
| 290. | 2.3% | Cohasset School District / 7,756 |
| 291. | 2.3% | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 12,834 |
| 292. | 2.2% | Sudbury School District / 17,712 |
| 293. | 2.2% | Swampscott School District / 13,823 |
| 294. | 2.2% | Westwood School District / 14,616 |
| 295. | 2.2% | Hopkinton School District / 14,982 |
| 296. | 2.2% | Richmond School District / 1,600 |
| 296. | 2.2% | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,600 |
| 298. | 2.1% | Orleans School District / 5,905 |
| 299. | 2.0% | Marshfield School District / 25,201 |
| 300. | 2.0% | Duxbury School District / 15,040 |
| 301. | 2.0% | Wayland School District / 13,041 |
| 302. | 1.9% | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 24,154 |
| 303. | 1.8% | Georgetown School District / 8,203 |
| 304. | 1.7% | Marblehead School District / 19,879 |
| 305. | 1.6% | Boxborough School District / 5,017 |
| 306. | 1.5% | Dover School District / 5,608 |
| 307. | 1.3% | Boxford School District / 7,990 |
| 308. | 1.0% | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,736 |
| 308. | 1.0% | Lincoln School District / 6,442 |
| 310. | 0.7% | Up-Island Regional School District / 3,846 |
| 311. | 0.3% | Sherborn School District / 4,128 |
| 312. | 0.3% | Carlisle School District / 4,870 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Less than a High School Education Percentage' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Less than a High School Education Percentage' 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.
