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Dropout Rates

Rank	Town	Rate	Population
1	Marblehead	0.1%	19,973
2	Westford	0.2%	18,642
3	Wayland	0.3%	12,041
4	Burlington	0.3%	23,493
5	Winchester	0.4%	20,318
6	Westwood	0.4%	12,935
7	Wellesley	0.4%	26,809
8	Medfield	0.4%	11,467
9	Holbrook	0.4%	11,092
10	Brookline	0.4%	54,137
11	Stoneham	0.5%	22,131
12	Melrose	0.7%	27,426
13	Duxbury	0.7%	15,007
14	Cohasset	0.7%	7,070
15	Belmont	0.7%	24,044
16	Sharon	0.8%	16,684
17	Scituate	0.8%	17,242
18	Hanover	0.8%	12,891
19	Reading	0.9%	22,956
20	Milton	0.9%	25,794
21	Holliston	0.9%	13,381
22	Canton	0.9%	20,314
23	Quincy	1.0%	85,532
24	Newton	1.0%	80,238
25	Medway	1.0%	11,391
26	Lynnfield	1.0%	11,232
27	Georgetown	1.0%	7,054
28	Methuen	1.1%	41,029
29	Easton	1.1%	20,970
30	Walpole	1.2%	22,251
31	Wakefield	1.2%	24,756
32	Chelmsford	1.3%	33,484
33	Braintree	1.3%	34,708
34	ManchesterbytheSea	1.4%	5,357
35	Bedford	1.4%	13,676
36	Andover	1.4%	30,891
37	North_Andover	1.5%	24,283
38	Hopkinton	1.5%	10,805
39	Foxborough	1.5%	16,011
40	Billerica	1.5%	38,861
41	Winthrop	1.6%	17,305
42	Natick	1.6%	31,310
43	Marshfield	1.6%	22,911
44	Dracut	1.6%	27,769
45	Arlington	1.6%	43,656
46	Plymouth	1.7%	48,329
47	Maynard	1.7%	10,412
48	Danvers	1.7%	24,467
49	Wilmington	1.9%	19,874
50	Tewksbury	1.9%	28,644
51	Norwood	1.9%	28,899
52	Lexington	1.9%	29,484
53	West_Bridgewater	2.0%	6,647
54	Shrewsbury	2.0%	26,771
55	Franklin	2.0%	26,664
56	Swampscott	2.2%	13,676
57	Rockport	2.2%	7,580
58	Watertown	2.3%	32,490
59	Woburn	2.4%	36,628
60	Weymouth	2.4%	54,847
61	Norton	2.5%	15,659
62	Middleborough	2.5%	19,200
63	Ipswich	2.5%	12,352
64	Medford	2.7%	56,190
65	Abington	2.7%	14,683
66	Lowell	2.8%	100,973
67	Marlborough	2.9%	32,974
68	Mansfield	2.9%	18,806
69	East_Bridgewater	2.9%	12,133
70	Saugus	3.0%	26,223
71	Hudson	3.0%	17,695
72	Gloucester	3.0%	29,267
73	Stoughton	3.1%	27,481
74	Rockland	3.1%	17,236
75	Milford	3.2%	25,194
76	Waltham	3.4%	57,214
77	Everett	3.5%	35,006
78	Wrentham	3.6%	10,049
79	Whitman	3.6%	13,743
80	Weston	3.6%	10,448
81	Westborough	3.6%	15,005
82	West_Newbury	3.6%	3,871
83	Wenham	3.6%	4,423
84	Topsfield	3.6%	6,098
85	Sudbury	3.6%	15,130
86	Stow	3.6%	5,731
87	Sherborn	3.6%	4,107
88	Salisbury	3.6%	7,093
89	Rowley	3.6%	5,196
90	Raynham	3.6%	10,513
91	Plympton	3.6%	2,614
92	Pembroke	3.6%	16,010
93	North_Reading	3.6%	12,919
94	Norfolk	3.6%	10,389
95	Newburyport	3.6%	16,558
96	Newbury	3.6%	5,985
97	Nahant	3.6%	3,782
98	Middleton	3.6%	5,624
99	Merrimac	3.6%	5,670
100	Lincoln	3.6%	7,899
101	Lakeville	3.6%	8,596
102	Kingston	3.6%	10,447
103	Hanson	3.6%	9,512
104	Hamilton	3.6%	7,487
105	Halifax	3.6%	6,844
106	Groveland	3.6%	5,610
107	Framingham	3.6%	64,536
108	Essex	3.6%	3,368
109	Dover	3.6%	5,383
110	Concord	3.6%	17,792
111	Carlisle	3.6%	4,599
112	Bridgewater	3.6%	23,692
113	Boxford	3.6%	8,550
114	Boxborough	3.6%	3,979
115	Bolton	3.6%	3,279
116	Berlin	3.6%	2,332
117	Acton	3.6%	18,851
118	Revere	3.7%	41,761
119	Peabody	3.8%	48,365
120	Dedham	3.8%	23,741
121	Haverhill	3.9%	53,952
122	Randolph	4.0%	30,554
123	Hull	4.0%	10,472
124	Amesbury	4.1%	15,784
125	Cambridge	4.2%	93,707
126	Carver	4.6%	11,289
127	Salem	5.3%	38,008
128	Southborough	6.0%	7,388
129	Northborough	6.1%	12,801
130	Beverly	6.1%	38,596
131	Lynn	7.1%	80,563
132	Malden	7.3%	52,749
133	Chelsea	7.4%	27,608
134	Somerville	7.7%	74,356
135	Boston	8.1%	558,394
136	Brockton	8.4%	92,324
137	Lawrence	8.6%	68,807
138	Norwell	N/A	9,652
139	Needham	N/A	27,828
140	Millis	N/A	7,965
141	Littleton	N/A	7,695
142	Hingham	N/A	20,265
143	Avon	N/A	4,611
144	Ashland	N/A	12,940


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