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Regular Education Expenditures per Pupil

Rank	Town	Expend.	Population
1	Cambridge	$ 8,759	93,707
2	Weston	$ 7,944	18,642
3	Lincoln	$ 7,763	7,899
4	Westwood	$ 6,415	12,935
5	ManchesterbytheSea	$ 6,337	5,357
6	Waltham	$ 6,277	57,214
7	Bedford	$ 6,240	13,676
8	Brookline	$ 6,158	54,137
9	Wellesley	$ 5,978	26,809
10	Framingham	$ 5,937	64,536
11	Watertown	$ 5,896	32,490
12	Wayland	$ 5,859	12,041
13	Lexington	$ 5,770	29,484
14	Norwell	$ 5,764	9,652
15	Burlington	$ 5,690	23,493
16	Winchester	$ 5,631	20,318
17	Quincy	$ 5,620	85,532
18	Newton	$ 5,613	80,238
19	Concord	$ 5,608	17,792
20	Peabody	$ 5,584	48,365
21	Natick	$ 5,558	31,310
22	Cohasset	$ 5,548	7,070
23	Arlington	$ 5,518	43,656
24	Dedham	$ 5,457	23,741
25	Dover	$ 5,455	5,383
26	Norwood	$ 5,387	28,899
27	Needham	$ 5,372	27,828
28	Canton	$ 5,338	20,314
29	Belmont	$ 5,323	24,044
30	Salem	$ 5,304	38,008
31	Marblehead	$ 5,273	19,973
32	Lynnfield	$ 5,242	11,232
33	Littleton	$ 5,152	7,695
34	Boston	$ 5,146	558,394
35	Maynard	$ 5,136	10,412
36	Hudson	$ 5,107	17,695
37	Duxbury	$ 5,087	15,007
38	Danvers	$ 5,066	24,467
39	Saugus	$ 5,048	26,223
40	Marlborough	$ 5,014	32,974
41	Ashland	$ 5,009	12,940
42	Wakefield	$ 5,006	24,756
43	Hingham	$ 5,004	20,265
44	Plymouth	$ 4,956	48,329
45	Woburn	$ 4,945	36,628
46	Somerville	$ 4,932	74,356
47	Swampscott	$ 4,899	13,676
48	Berlin	$ 4,836	2,332
49	Carlisle	$ 4,832	4,599
50	Sherborn	$ 4,825	4,107
51	Hull	$ 4,821	10,472
52	Braintree	$ 4,793	34,708
53	Avon	$ 4,777	4,611
54	North_Andover	$ 4,764	24,283
55	Foxborough	$ 4,756	16,011
56	Whitman	$ 4,737	13,743
57	Westford	$ 4,737	10,448
58	Westborough	$ 4,737	15,005
59	West_Newbury	$ 4,737	3,871
60	Wenham	$ 4,737	4,423
61	Newburyport	$ 4,737	16,558
62	Newbury	$ 4,737	5,985
63	Merrimac	$ 4,737	5,670
64	Hanson	$ 4,737	9,512
65	Hamilton	$ 4,737	7,487
66	Groveland	$ 4,737	5,610
67	Medford	$ 4,716	56,190
68	Brockton	$ 4,707	92,324
69	Wilmington	$ 4,686	19,874
70	Andover	$ 4,685	30,891
71	Medfield	$ 4,643	11,467
72	Sudbury	$ 4,623	15,130
73	Lawrence	$ 4,617	68,807
74	Ipswich	$ 4,611	12,352
75	Stoneham	$ 4,609	22,131
76	Melrose	$ 4,606	27,426
77	Stoughton	$ 4,598	27,481
78	Chelmsford	$ 4,586	33,484
79	Scituate	$ 4,564	17,242
80	Shrewsbury	$ 4,562	26,771
81	Gloucester	$ 4,557	29,267
82	Milford	$ 4,512	25,194
83	Tewksbury	$ 4,506	28,644
84	Rockland	$ 4,500	17,236
85	Medway	$ 4,472	11,391
86	Millis	$ 4,464	7,965
87	Sharon	$ 4,442	16,684
88	Northborough	$ 4,440	12,801
89	Weymouth	$ 4,439	54,847
90	Milton	$ 4,436	25,794
91	Reading	$ 4,413	22,956
92	Chelsea	$ 4,411	27,608
93	Nahant	$ 4,398	3,782
94	Southborough	$ 4,389	7,388
95	Stow	$ 4,369	5,731
96	Salisbury	$ 4,369	7,093
97	Rowley	$ 4,369	5,196
98	Raynham	$ 4,369	10,513
99	Bridgewater	$ 4,369	23,692
100	Bolton	$ 4,369	3,279
101	Hopkinton	$ 4,328	10,805
102	Dracut	$ 4,312	27,769
103	Holbrook	$ 4,297	11,092
104	West_Bridgewater	$ 4,287	6,647
105	Lowell	$ 4,283	100,973
106	Amesbury	$ 4,273	15,784
107	Billerica	$ 4,271	38,861
108	Haverhill	$ 4,268	53,952
109	Holliston	$ 4,263	13,381
110	Walpole	$ 4,255	22,251
111	Carver	$ 4,239	11,289
112	Rockport	$ 4,221	7,580
113	Revere	$ 4,205	41,761
114	Beverly	$ 4,205	38,596
115	Hanover	$ 4,204	12,891
116	Abington	$ 4,201	14,683
117	Middleborough	$ 4,150	19,200
118	Acton	$ 4,129	18,851
119	Marshfield	$ 4,100	22,911
120	Lynn	$ 4,079	80,563
121	Essex	$ 4,071	3,368
122	Wrentham	$ 4,066	10,049
123	Georgetown	$ 4,062	7,054
124	Malden	$ 4,016	52,749
125	Topsfield	$ 4,013	6,098
126	Everett	$ 4,009	35,006
127	Winthrop	$ 3,986	17,305
128	North_Reading	$ 3,969	12,919
129	Methuen	$ 3,913	41,029
130	Pembroke	$ 3,876	16,010
131	Mansfield	$ 3,862	18,806
132	Easton	$ 3,858	20,970
133	Randolph	$ 3,850	30,554
134	Norfolk	$ 3,795	10,389
135	Plympton	$ 3,756	2,614
136	Kingston	$ 3,748	10,447
137	East_Bridgewater	$ 3,744	12,133
138	Norton	$ 3,703	15,659
139	Franklin	$ 3,693	26,664
140	Middleton	$ 3,580	5,624
141	Boxborough	$ 3,533	3,979
142	Boxford	$ 3,465	8,550
143	Halifax	$ 3,326	6,844
144	Lakeville	$ 2,956	8,596


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