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Special Education Expenditures per Pupil

Rank	Town	Expend.	Population
1	Lincoln	$ 12,797	7,899
2	Brookline	$ 12,746	54,137
3	Concord	$ 12,544	17,792
4	Boston	$ 12,417	558,394
5	Andover	$ 12,280	30,891
6	Avon	$ 11,875	4,611
7	Cambridge	$ 11,828	93,707
8	Carlisle	$ 11,449	4,599
9	Medford	$ 11,320	56,190
10	Newton	$ 11,263	80,238
11	Chelsea	$ 11,057	27,608
12	Sudbury	$ 11,016	15,130
13	Bedford	$ 10,993	13,676
14	Weston	$ 10,901	18,642
15	Lexington	$ 10,762	29,484
16	Sherborn	$ 10,610	4,107
17	Natick	$ 10,528	31,310
18	Westwood	$ 10,497	12,935
19	Littleton	$ 10,495	7,695
20	Saugus	$ 10,459	26,223
21	Wellesley	$ 10,427	26,809
22	Waltham	$ 10,393	57,214
23	Lawrence	$ 10,366	68,807
24	Berlin	$ 10,220	2,332
25	Arlington	$ 10,055	43,656
26	Cohasset	$ 10,009	7,070
27	Lowell	$ 10,008	100,973
28	Wayland	$ 10,004	12,041
29	Essex	$ 9,990	3,368
30	Watertown	$ 9,911	32,490
31	Holbrook	$ 9,907	11,092
32	Dover	$ 9,875	5,383
33	Needham	$ 9,867	27,828
34	Sharon	$ 9,738	16,684
35	Marblehead	$ 9,729	19,973
36	ManchesterbytheSea	$ 9,700	5,357
37	Winchester	$ 9,549	20,318
38	Somerville	$ 9,532	74,356
39	Hingham	$ 9,308	20,265
40	Burlington	$ 9,255	23,493
41	Wakefield	$ 9,157	24,756
42	Maynard	$ 9,072	10,412
43	Salem	$ 9,062	38,008
44	Methuen	$ 9,018	41,029
45	Plymouth	$ 9,002	48,329
46	North_Andover	$ 8,965	24,283
47	Lynnfield	$ 8,964	11,232
48	Danvers	$ 8,923	24,467
49	Norwell	$ 8,913	9,652
50	Stoneham	$ 8,909	22,131
51	Whitman	$ 8,873	13,743
52	Westford	$ 8,873	10,448
53	Westborough	$ 8,873	15,005
54	West_Newbury	$ 8,873	3,871
55	Wenham	$ 8,873	4,423
56	Newburyport	$ 8,873	16,558
57	Newbury	$ 8,873	5,985
58	Merrimac	$ 8,873	5,670
59	Hanson	$ 8,873	9,512
60	Hamilton	$ 8,873	7,487
61	Groveland	$ 8,873	5,610
62	Ashland	$ 8,841	12,940
63	Topsfield	$ 8,813	6,098
64	Walpole	$ 8,737	22,251
65	Quincy	$ 8,727	85,532
66	Belmont	$ 8,725	24,044
67	Boxborough	$ 8,715	3,979
68	Malden	$ 8,712	52,749
69	Brockton	$ 8,706	92,324
70	Marshfield	$ 8,701	22,911
71	Pembroke	$ 8,679	16,010
72	Lynn	$ 8,666	80,563
73	Wrentham	$ 8,659	10,049
74	Rockland	$ 8,623	17,236
75	Acton	$ 8,574	18,851
76	Framingham	$ 8,571	64,536
77	East_Bridgewater	$ 8,568	12,133
78	Georgetown	$ 8,560	7,054
79	Norwood	$ 8,499	28,899
80	Gloucester	$ 8,395	29,267
81	Swampscott	$ 8,393	13,676
82	Billerica	$ 8,315	38,861
83	Beverly	$ 8,288	38,596
84	Randolph	$ 8,256	30,554
85	Weymouth	$ 8,238	54,847
86	Canton	$ 8,137	20,314
87	Millis	$ 8,098	7,965
88	Tewksbury	$ 8,079	28,644
89	Woburn	$ 8,070	36,628
90	Winthrop	$ 8,068	17,305
91	Hudson	$ 8,056	17,695
92	Norton	$ 8,042	15,659
93	Hanover	$ 8,006	12,891
94	Wilmington	$ 8,003	19,874
95	Milton	$ 7,944	25,794
96	Duxbury	$ 7,888	15,007
97	Lakeville	$ 7,882	8,596
98	Plympton	$ 7,862	2,614
99	Milford	$ 7,847	25,194
100	Hopkinton	$ 7,801	10,805
101	Dedham	$ 7,781	23,741
102	Melrose	$ 7,746	27,426
103	Mansfield	$ 7,732	18,806
104	Chelmsford	$ 7,667	33,484
105	Stow	$ 7,666	5,731
106	Salisbury	$ 7,666	7,093
107	Rowley	$ 7,666	5,196
108	Raynham	$ 7,666	10,513
109	Bridgewater	$ 7,666	23,692
110	Bolton	$ 7,666	3,279
111	Hull	$ 7,658	10,472
112	Braintree	$ 7,598	34,708
113	Medfield	$ 7,596	11,467
114	Everett	$ 7,594	35,006
115	Nahant	$ 7,582	3,782
116	Peabody	$ 7,568	48,365
117	Middleborough	$ 7,495	19,200
118	Southborough	$ 7,491	7,388
119	Easton	$ 7,472	20,970
120	Dracut	$ 7,424	27,769
121	Kingston	$ 7,406	10,447
122	Marlborough	$ 7,398	32,974
123	Abington	$ 7,376	14,683
124	Stoughton	$ 7,352	27,481
125	Norfolk	$ 7,269	10,389
126	Ipswich	$ 7,164	12,352
127	Scituate	$ 7,157	17,242
128	Boxford	$ 7,107	8,550
129	Holliston	$ 7,084	13,381
130	Franklin	$ 7,066	26,664
131	Revere	$ 7,056	41,761
132	Amesbury	$ 7,037	15,784
133	West_Bridgewater	$ 7,033	6,647
134	Rockport	$ 7,021	7,580
135	Foxborough	$ 6,969	16,011
136	Shrewsbury	$ 6,946	26,771
137	Haverhill	$ 6,889	53,952
138	Reading	$ 6,575	22,956
139	Halifax	$ 6,562	6,844
140	Middleton	$ 6,349	5,624
141	Northborough	$ 6,281	12,801
142	Carver	$ 6,270	11,289
143	North_Reading	$ 6,249	12,919
144	Medway	$ 5,655	11,391


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