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10 Worcester Business Journal | November 3, 2025 | wbjournal.com ECONOMIC FORECAST 2023 Community Per-pupil spending in Central Mass. Total Total Total expenditures School district expenditures pupils per pupil Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical $29,178,846 1,093 $26,701 Lincoln-Sudbury $39,959,890 1,523 $26,241 Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical $24,062,796 950 $25,332 Maynard $33,474,112 1,358 $24,642 Framingham $242,061,528 9,934 $24,367 Dover-Sherborn $28,643,895 1,176 $24,361 Harvard $26,202,222 1,080 $24,257 Sherborn $9,976,050 417 $23,935 Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical $34,817,666 1,456 $23,913 Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical $29,262,102 1,227 $23,841 Southborough $30,939,558 1,307 $23,679 Northboro-Southboro $29,199,756 1,246 $23,440 Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District) $11,449,309 489 $23,420 Southbridge $51,291,557 2,228 $23,021 Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical $16,610,708 740 $22,459 Wayland $62,808,371 2,801 $22,420 Hudson $59,085,131 2,643 $22,355 Northborough $36,375,031 1,697 $21,441 Sudbury $55,154,273 2,601 $21,202 Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District $25,422,843 1,200 $21,182 Bellingham $49,328,287 2,344 $21,041 Worcester $568,546,854 27,235 $20,876 West Boylston $19,788,688 954 $20,743 Acton-Boxborough $109,746,603 5,302 $20,699 Millis $26,053,916 1,261 $20,663 Nashoba $65,951,901 3,196 $20,639 Groton-Dunstable $50,386,316 2,445 $20,606 Uxbridge $36,994,960 1,803 $20,520 Natick $111,944,108 5,467 $20,475 Westborough $80,076,040 3,921 $20,422 Christa McAuliffe Charter School (Framingham) $6,658,555 327 $20,371 Millbury $34,554,841 1,725 $20,033 Mendon-Upton $44,246,981 2,214 $19,987 Sturbridge $18,372,845 928 $19,800 Webster $39,148,982 1,986 $19,710 Ayer Shirley School District $37,038,729 1,886 $19,644 Medway $43,810,802 2,233 $19,622 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District $28,098,961 1,434 $19,595 Fitchburg $115,226,717 5,904 $19,516 Quabbin $44,161,575 2,284 $19,334 Total Total Total expenditures School district expenditures pupils per pupil Sutton $26,040,877 1,358 $19,170 Franklin $98,325,313 5,152 $19,084 Douglas $23,608,928 1,249 $18,904 Berlin-Boylston $21,188,906 1,122 $18,890 Milford $92,148,265 4,884 $18,868 Oxford $29,763,768 1,578 $18,868 Blackstone-Millville $30,799,637 1,643 $18,749 Hopedale $21,361,045 1,143 $18,697 Marlborough $103,323,823 5,533 $18,673 Petersham $2,529,399 136 $18,544 Littleton $33,053,311 1,794 $18,430 Clinton $40,612,074 2,210 $18,377 North Brookfield $11,286,916 623 $18,123 Quaboag Regional $23,393,497 1,292 $18,104 Learning First Charter Public School (Worcester) $12,058,552 667 $18,079 Leicester $27,487,466 1,535 $17,909 Winchendon $25,238,357 1,412 $17,874 Shrewsbury $109,116,766 6,117 $17,839 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (Devens) $6,948,564 391 $17,784 Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District) $6,337,185 357 $17,737 Leominster $112,862,997 6,365 $17,731 Lunenburg $29,559,472 1,672 $17,684 Spencer-East Brookfield $29,658,731 1,687 $17,578 Holliston $50,579,238 2,889 $17,507 Northbridge $38,040,709 2,178 $17,466 Athol-Royalston $32,176,065 1,843 $17,461 Hopkinton $73,749,332 4,245 $17,372 Ashland $51,197,609 2,950 $17,355 Tantasqua $30,677,717 1,785 $17,187 Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (Worcester) $24,231,439 1,416 $17,115 Auburn $43,641,167 2,602 $16,774 Gardner $43,851,862 2,618 $16,749 Dudley-Charlton Regional $59,347,515 3,568 $16,635 Grafton $52,995,807 3,195 $16,585 Ashburnham-Westminster $38,700,937 2,351 $16,464 Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (Franklin) $13,531,717 863 $15,672 Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (Marlborough) $15,065,009 964 $15,623 Central Mass. totals $3,890,602,276 195,400 $19,911 State totals $20,737,958,663 947,578 $21,885 Notes: Per-pupil expenditures are calculated by dividing a district's operating costs by its average pupil membership, including in-district expenditures per pupil and total expenditures per pupil, which includes in-district and out-of-dis- trict spending and enrollment. Pupil counts are full-time equivalents. Source: Massachusetts Department of Education, updated January 30, 2025