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14 Worcester Business Journal | October 19, 2026 | 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 $31,848,954 1,101 $28,921 Lincoln-Sudbury $42,619,590 1,495 $28,504 Dover-Sherborn $30,157,183 1,153 $26,167 Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical $31,964,957 1,247 $25,627 Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical $24,345,255 956 $25,463 Framingham $250,768,561 9,874 $25,397 Harvard $27,130,865 1,072 $25,306 Northboro-Southboro $30,743,961 1,228 $25,043 Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical $36,639,399 1,471 $24,907 Maynard $33,934,812 1,385 $24,505 Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical $18,313,604 762 $24,046 Southborough $31,876,356 1,333 $23,912 Southbridge $54,818,209 2,306 $23,769 Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District $28,763,215 1,214 $23,693 Wayland $66,445,068 2,810 $23,650 Sherborn $9,975,795 423 $23,609 Hudson $62,713,516 2,672 $23,471 Christa McAuliffe Charter School (Framingham) $6,699,895 291 $23,053 Webster $45,319,973 1,976 $22,940 Worcester $620,492,246 27,606 $22,476 Sudbury $57,646,029 2,579 $22,354 Acton-Boxborough $117,221,796 5,257 $22,300 Millis $27,271,546 1,225 $22,258 Groton-Dunstable $53,277,484 2,418 $22,031 Fitchburg $128,755,299 5,895 $21,840 Veritas Preparatory Charter School (District) $13,061,701 599 $21,814 Natick $118,488,824 5,442 $21,772 Nashoba $69,069,475 3,180 $21,722 Bellingham $50,681,157 2,351 $21,558 Uxbridge $38,838,844 1,809 $21,473 Milford $105,451,914 4,914 $21,458 Mendon-Upton $46,192,266 2,161 $21,376 Northborough $36,502,809 1,716 $21,270 Sturbridge $20,017,819 942 $21,258 West Boylston $20,937,567 987 $21,224 Westborough $83,704,903 3,953 $21,178 Berlin-Boylston $24,479,577 1,166 $20,989 Quaboag Regional $26,215,098 1,250 $20,968 Millbury $36,539,064 1,747 $20,918 Leicester $30,642,641 1,497 $20,465 Marlborough $113,364,998 5,572 $20,346 Total Total Total expenditures School district expenditures pupils per pupil Quabbin $45,793,281 2,261 $20,251 Littleton $34,794,941 1,763 $19,741 Douglas $23,761,988 1,207 $19,694 Petersham $2,772,315 141 $19,687 Sutton $27,190,444 1,382 $19,681 North Brookfield $12,153,777 619 $19,637 Leominster $125,393,434 6,394 $19,611 Winchendon $26,627,558 1,360 $19,585 Clinton $43,635,356 2,237 $19,504 Franklin $99,659,684 5,134 $19,414 Hopedale $22,235,657 1,160 $19,166 Holliston $54,683,822 2,861 $19,111 Medway $43,630,240 2,283 $19,110 Oxford $31,140,684 1,632 $19,086 Shrewsbury $116,697,434 6,129 $19,040 Ayer Shirley School District $36,220,910 1,905 $19,014 Spencer-E Brookfield $31,853,195 1,677 $18,990 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (Devens) $6,944,195 367 $18,929 Athol-Royalston $35,648,472 1,887 $18,890 Learning First Charter Public School (Worcester) $12,587,365 668 $18,849 Blackstone-Millville $31,394,723 1,667 $18,834 Northbridge $39,356,845 2,098 $18,761 Gardner $49,709,383 2,681 $18,539 Hopkinton $77,969,648 4,257 $18,315 Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (Franklin) $15,980,544 886 $18,030 Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (Worcester) $25,489,056 1,421 $17,933 Ashland $53,207,415 2,969 $17,922 Auburn $45,098,538 2,536 $17,782 Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School (District) $6,193,334 349 $17,727 Tantasqua $32,044,257 1,814 $17,662 Lunenburg $29,576,885 1,680 $17,601 Dudley-Charlton Reg $62,704,492 3,568 $17,572 Grafton $54,882,378 3,189 $17,211 Ashburnham-Westminster $39,596,746 2,336 $16,953 Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (Marlborough) $15,831,306 966 $16,392 Central Mass. totals $4,116,392,528 194,517 $21,162 State totals $22,003,229,656 949,844 $23,165 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 22, 2026