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Rank	Town	Classrooms	Population
1	Ashland	107.5	12,940
2	Wayland	100.0	12,041
3	Watertown	100.0	32,490
4	Revere	100.0	41,761
5	Randolph	100.0	30,554
6	Quincy	100.0	85,532
7	Norwood	100.0	28,899
8	Northborough	100.0	12,801
9	North_Reading	100.0	12,919
10	Norfolk	100.0	10,389
11	Millis	100.0	7,965
12	Medfield	100.0	11,467
13	Lincoln	100.0	7,899
14	Essex	100.0	3,368
15	Concord	100.0	17,792
16	Chelsea	100.0	27,608
17	Boxborough	100.0	3,979
18	Bedford	100.0	13,676
19	Acton	100.0	18,851
20	Lexington	98.5	29,484
21	Needham	97.9	27,828
22	Kingston	96.8	10,447
23	Shrewsbury	96.6	26,771
24	Pembroke	96.0	16,010
25	Sharon	95.8	16,684
26	Lowell	95.1	100,973
27	Hanover	92.8	12,891
28	East_Bridgewater	89.0	12,133
29	Southborough	88.4	7,388
30	Rockland	87.5	17,236
31	Middleborough	86.0	19,200
32	Plympton	84.2	2,614
33	Marlborough	84.2	32,974
34	Norton	81.4	15,659
35	Hudson	74.2	17,695
36	Ipswich	73.8	12,352
37	Franklin	71.9	26,664
38	Arlington	70.2	43,656
39	Chelmsford	69.9	33,484
40	Norwell	69.7	9,652
41	Mansfield	68.5	18,806
42	Hingham	67.1	20,265
43	Westford	61.8	18,642
44	Stoneham	60.6	22,131
45	Brookline	58.4	54,137
46	Foxborough	57.8	16,011
47	Methuen	57.0	41,029
48	Georgetown	56.8	7,054
49	Plymouth	55.6	48,329
50	ManchesterbytheSea	53.8	5,357
51	Weymouth	51.8	54,847
52	Sudbury	51.0	15,130
53	Winchester	50.2	20,318
54	Peabody	48.9	48,365
55	Framingham	48.8	64,536
56	Scituate	47.7	17,242
57	Danvers	46.9	24,467
58	Middleton	46.7	5,624
59	Newton	46.3	80,238
60	Gloucester	43.5	29,267
61	Dracut	43.5	27,769
62	Reading	43.0	22,956
63	Holliston	42.9	13,381
64	Dover	42.4	5,383
65	Amesbury	41.2	15,784
66	Waltham	40.4	57,214
67	Milton	40.4	25,794
68	Maynard	40.4	10,412
69	Hopkinton	40.4	10,805
70	Haverhill	40.4	53,952
71	Duxbury	40.4	15,007
72	Carlisle	40.4	4,599
73	Cambridge	40.4	93,707
74	North_Andover	38.8	24,283
75	Marshfield	38.7	22,911
76	Burlington	37.2	23,493
77	Marblehead	35.3	19,973
78	Wrentham	35.2	10,049
79	Tewksbury	33.0	28,644
80	Medway	32.3	11,391
81	Wellesley	31.8	26,809
82	Stoughton	28.8	27,481
83	Melrose	28.2	27,426
84	Boston	24.6	558,394
85	Natick	23.5	31,310
86	Braintree	23.2	34,708
87	Hull	22.7	10,472
88	Dedham	20.7	23,741
89	Swampscott	19.6	13,676
90	Sherborn	18.2	4,107
91	Billerica	17.2	38,861
92	Berlin	15.4	2,332
93	Walpole	15.2	22,251
94	Somerville	12.5	74,356
95	Wakefield	11.8	24,756
96	Milford	11.8	25,194
97	Wilmington	10.6	19,874
98	Carver	9.7	11,289
99	Rockport	9.3	7,580
100	Nahant	9.1	3,782
101	Westwood	8.7	12,935
102	Malden	8.4	52,749
103	Littleton	7.6	7,695
104	Canton	7.4	20,314
105	Everett	7.2	35,006
106	Beverly	6.8	38,596
107	Boxford	6.7	8,550
108	Winthrop	6.6	17,305
109	Andover	6.5	30,891
110	Cohasset	6.0	7,070
111	Saugus	5.7	26,223
112	Lawrence	4.5	68,807
113	Holbrook	4.5	11,092
114	Lynnfield	3.9	11,232
115	Lynn	3.8	80,563
116	Topsfield	3.2	6,098
117	West_Bridgewater	2.7	6,647
118	Lakeville	2.5	8,596
119	Halifax	2.5	6,844
120	Salem	2.3	38,008
121	Belmont	1.8	24,044
122	Brockton	1.7	92,324
123	Easton	1.5	20,970
124	Abington	0.7	14,683
125	Woburn	0.5	36,628
126	Whitman	N/A	13,743
127	Weston	N/A	10,448
128	Westborough	N/A	15,005
129	West_Newbury	N/A	3,871
130	Wenham	N/A	4,423
131	Stow	N/A	5,731
132	Salisbury	N/A	7,093
133	Rowley	N/A	5,196
134	Raynham	N/A	10,513
135	Newburyport	N/A	16,558
136	Newbury	N/A	5,985
137	Merrimac	N/A	5,670
138	Medford	N/A	56,190
139	Hanson	N/A	9,512
140	Hamilton	N/A	7,487
141	Groveland	N/A	5,610
142	Bridgewater	N/A	23,692
143	Bolton	N/A	3,279
144	Avon	N/A	4,611


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