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Poverty rates in Massachusetts school districts

Source: Estimates by US Census Bureau, 1999. Calculations and rankings by The Boston Globe.

District	Kids	Poor	Rate	Rank
Holyoke	8,240	3,773	46%	1
Lawrence	16,107	6,300	39%	2
Springfield	31,200	11,456	37%	3
North Adams	2,396	872	36%	4
Chelsea	6,562	2,291	35%	5
New Bedford	16,556	5,563	34%	6
Lowell	20,093	6,450	32%	7
Worcester	28,701	9,137	32%	8
Boston	81,999	25,062	31%	9
Lynn	17,079	5,194	30%	10
Southbridge	3,147	951	30%	11
Fall River	15,772	4,603	29%	12
Fitchburg	7,222	1,999	28%	13
Greenfield	2,892	783	27%	14
Brockton	18,843	4,894	26%	15
Revere	7,039	1,736	25%	16
Chicopee	8,987	2,125	24%	17
West Springfield	4,714	1,057	22%	18
Everett	5,892	1,305	22%	19
Tisbury	412	90	22%	20
Gill-Montague	1,670	361	22%	21
Pittsfield	7,590	1,549	20%	22
Cambridge	9,068	1,844	20%	23
Wareham	3,650	739	20%	24
Provincetown	208	41	20%	25
Easthampton	2,449	470	19%	26
Ware	1,732	330	19%	27
Adams-Cheshire	2,061	378	18%	28
Oak Bluffs	461	83	18%	29
Westfield	6,942	1,225	18%	30
Somerville	7,770	1,371	18%	31
Oxford	2,561	450	18%	32
Barnstable	7,759	1,317	17%	33
New Salem-Wendell	183	31	17%	34
Wellfleet	137	23	17%	35
Hull	1,783	296	17%	36
Taunton	9,678	1,601	17%	37
Savoy	123	20	16%	38
Haverhill	10,494	1,695	16%	39
Salem	5,765	928	16%	40
Lenox	732	116	16%	41
Webster	2,644	417	16%	42
Fairhaven	2,682	415	15%	43
Quincy	10,684	1,644	15%	44
Marthas Vineyard	686	104	15%	45
Gardner	3,546	536	15%	46
Framingham	9,807	1,476	15%	47
Leominster	7,468	1,116	15%	48
Malden	7,805	1,165	15%	49
Gloucester	4,805	717	15%	50
Bourne	2,856	421	15%	51
Watertown	3,082	446	14%	52
Marlborough	5,786	835	14%	53
Clarksburg	308	44	14%	54
Dennis-Yarmouth	5,133	726	14%	55
Hawlemont	180	25	14%	56
Narragansett	1,612	221	14%	57
Falmouth	5,163	705	14%	58
Harwich	1,700	224	13%	59
Winchendon	2,123	277	13%	60
Ayer	1,107	144	13%	61
Amherst	1,824	234	13%	62
Sturbridge	845	107	13%	63
Northampton	3,597	451	13%	64
Orleans	320	40	13%	65
Mohawk Trail	1,846	229	12%	66
Milford	4,632	572	12%	67
Methuen	7,954	969	12%	68
Athol-Royalston	2,404	289	12%	69
Kingston	1,361	163	12%	70
Holland	303	36	12%	71
Maynard	1,686	200	12%	72
Florida	153	18	12%	73
Ipswich	2,195	258	12%	74
Woburn	5,637	649	12%	75
Marion	584	67	11%	76
Avon	742	85	11%	77
Quaboag Regional	1,633	187	11%	78
North Brookfield	927	104	11%	79
Millbury	2,152	241	11%	80
Erving	246	27	11%	81
Ludlow	3,310	356	11%	82
Palmer	2,388	255	11%	83
Rockland	3,321	351	11%	84
Plymouth	9,499	1,001	11%	85
Weymouth	8,295	870	10%	86
Spencer-E Brookfield	2,460	257	10%	87
Tyngsborough	2,351	240	10%	88
Pembroke	2,038	208	10%	89
Farmington River Regional	363	37	10%	90
Mashpee	2,373	241	10%	91
Marshfield	4,673	470	10%	92
Gosnold	10	1	10%	93
Chatham	649	64	10%	94
Newburyport	2,527	249	10%	95
Tantasqua	1,586	156	10%	96
Norwood	4,202	410	10%	97
Truro	289	28	10%	98
South Hadley	2,540	242	10%	99
Ralph C Mahar	905	86	10%	100
Orange	868	82	9%	101
Beverly	6,038	563	9%	102
Essex	603	55	9%	103
Deerfield	442	40	9%	104
Amesbury	3,081	265	9%	105
Stoughton	4,511	385	9%	106
Middleborough	3,954	336	8%	107
Stoneham	3,333	282	8%	108
Hadley	725	61	8%	109
Sunderland	298	25	8%	110
Braintree	5,439	451	8%	111
Boxborough	716	59	8%	112
Triton	3,746	307	8%	113
Wrentham	1,323	108	8%	114
Marblehead	3,474	283	8%	115
Amherst-Pelham	2,019	164	8%	116
Silver Lake	3,030	245	8%	117
Williamsburg	237	19	8%	118
Douglas	1,472	117	8%	119
Eastham	340	27	8%	120
Rochester	533	42	8%	121
Uxbridge	2,328	183	8%	122
Attleboro	7,550	590	8%	123
Berlin	245	19	8%	124
Gateway	1,704	132	8%	125
Brookline	6,757	522	8%	126
Pioneer Valley	1,292	99	8%	127
Holbrook	1,804	138	8%	128
Mendon-Upton	2,192	165	8%	129
Medford	7,178	538	7%	130
Old Rochester	1,276	95	7%	131
Freetown	586	43	7%	132
North Middlesex	5,253	383	7%	133
Shrewsbury	5,563	405	7%	134
East Bridgewater	2,641	192	7%	135
Abington	2,686	195	7%	136
Wales	166	12	7%	137
Petersham	111	8	7%	138
Dedham	3,744	268	7%	139
North Attleborough	5,256	374	7%	140
Sutton	1,772	125	7%	141
Agawam	4,566	321	7%	142
Monson	1,536	106	7%	143
New Ashford (Non-Op)	29	2	7%	144
Clinton	2,253	153	7%	145
Belchertown	2,605	176	7%	146
Northbridge	2,596	175	7%	147
Waltham	6,224	416	7%	148
Halifax	801	53	7%	149
Mattapoisett	650	43	7%	150
Southern Berkshire	1,225	81	7%	151
Westport	2,336	154	7%	152
East Longmeadow	2,675	174	7%	153
Dudley-Charlton Reg	4,347	279	6%	154
Leicester	2,011	129	6%	155
Chesterfield-Goshen	203	13	6%	156
Saugus	3,998	256	6%	157
Peabody	7,756	494	6%	158
Frontier	846	53	6%	159
Randolph	5,250	328	6%	160
Auburn	2,725	170	6%	161
Southwick-Tolland	1,832	114	6%	162
Belmont	4,039	249	6%	163
Central Berkshire	2,652	163	6%	164
Westhampton	165	10	6%	165
Brimfield	380	23	6%	166
Hingham	4,001	240	6%	167
Granby	1,178	70	6%	168
Concord	2,443	145	6%	169
Georgetown	1,473	87	6%	170
Lincoln-Sudbury	1,274	75	6%	171
Billerica	7,181	418	6%	172
Plainville	861	50	6%	173
Sharon	4,018	231	6%	174
Groton-Dunstable	2,874	165	6%	175
Hampden-Wilbraham	3,921	225	6%	176
Concord-Carlisle	1,087	62	6%	177
King Philip	2,155	121	6%	178
Nantucket	1,261	70	6%	179
Hampshire	924	51	6%	180
Mansfield	4,839	262	5%	181
Ashburnham-Westminster	2,643	143	5%	182
Andover	6,906	373	5%	183
Lakeville	821	44	5%	184
Berkshire Hills	1,680	90	5%	185
Dover-Sherborn	1,103	59	5%	186
Chelmsford	6,097	326	5%	187
Newton	13,261	706	5%	188
Hudson	3,092	163	5%	189
Carlisle	839	44	5%	190
Swampscott	2,504	131	5%	191
Hancock	115	6	5%	192
Norton	3,357	172	5%	193
Carver	2,254	115	5%	194
Lanesborough	294	15	5%	194
Nauset	1,843	94	5%	196
Lexington	6,220	316	5%	197
Burlington	3,778	186	5%	198
Hamilton-Wenham	2,421	118	5%	199
Hopedale	1,091	53	5%	200
West Boylston	1,223	59	5%	201
Dover	718	34	5%	202
Brookfield	317	15	5%	203
Dartmouth	4,805	226	5%	204
Blackstone-Millville	2,453	114	5%	205
Sudbury	3,046	140	5%	206
Winchester	3,787	174	5%	207
Pentucket	3,549	163	5%	208
Holliston	3,105	141	5%	209
Bridgewater-Raynham	6,344	288	5%	210
Swansea	2,688	120	4%	211
Wellesley	4,679	202	4%	212
Melrose	4,120	177	4%	213
Ashland	2,517	108	4%	214
Wachusett	7,587	324	4%	215
Natick	4,981	212	4%	216
Winthrop	2,472	105	4%	217
Nahant	499	21	4%	218
Canton	3,497	147	4%	219
Seekonk	2,606	109	4%	220
Shirley	982	41	4%	221
Reading	4,510	188	4%	222
Franklin	6,136	255	4%	223
Up-Island Regional	508	21	4%	224
Quabbin	3,153	130	4%	225
Duxbury	3,187	129	4%	226
Bedford	2,108	85	4%	227
Tewksbury	5,107	205	4%	228
Whitman-Hanson	4,712	187	4%	229
Plympton	335	13	4%	230
Acton-Boxborough	2,165	84	4%	231
Danvers	4,385	170	4%	232
Millis	1,445	56	4%	233
Boylston	447	17	4%	234
Leverett	159	6	4%	235
North Andover	4,951	186	4%	236
Acton	2,698	101	4%	237
Hatfield	509	19	4%	238
Berlin-Boylston	456	17	4%	239
Brewster	806	30	4%	240
Southampton	622	23	4%	241
Westford	4,728	173	4%	242
Westborough	3,588	131	4%	243
Foxborough	3,148	113	4%	244
Dighton-Rehoboth	3,267	115	4%	245
Medway	2,880	100	3%	246
Middleton	792	27	3%	247
Acushnet	1,836	62	3%	248
Dracut	5,253	176	3%	249
Northborough	2,355	78	3%	250
Sandwich	4,326	143	3%	251
Bellingham	2,982	98	3%	252
Lunenburg	1,849	60	3%	253
Nashoba	3,238	100	3%	254
Sherborn	521	16	3%	255
Conway	196	6	3%	256
Milton	5,029	153	3%	257
Somerset	2,843	85	3%	258
Wilmington	4,147	123	3%	259
Lynnfield	2,126	62	3%	260
Norwell	2,072	60	3%	261
Cohasset	1,487	43	3%	262
Hanover	2,892	83	3%	263
Pelham	141	4	3%	264
Williamstown	531	15	3%	265
Littleton	1,529	43	3%	266
Lee	1,037	28	3%	267
Weston	2,414	65	3%	268
Edgartown	447	12	3%	269
Rockport	1,271	34	3%	270
Walpole	4,299	114	3%	271
Freetown-Lakeville	2,048	54	3%	272
Wakefield	3,958	93	2%	273
Topsfield	809	19	2%	274
Mount Greylock	724	16	2%	275
Wayland	2,812	62	2%	276
Hopkinton	3,059	67	2%	277
West Bridgewater	1,097	23	2%	278
Needham	5,406	113	2%	279
Grafton	2,537	53	2%	280
Whately	145	3	2%	281
Arlington	5,175	106	2%	282
Rowe	49	1	2%	283
Manchester	984	19	2%	284
Boxford	1,165	22	2%	285
Southborough	1,569	29	2%	286
Westwood	2,791	49	2%	287
Scituate	3,392	55	2%	288
Granville	315	5	2%	289
Medfield	3,073	47	2%	290
Richmond	275	4	1%	291
Harvard	1,246	17	1%	292
Shutesbury	221	3	1%	293
Norfolk	1,278	15	1%	294
Masconomet	1,765	20	1%	295
Berkley	1,259	14	1%	296
Northboro-Southboro	1,081	10	1%	297
Easton	3,945	31	1%	298
Lincoln	1,349	8	1%	299
Longmeadow	3,207	17	1%	300
North Reading	2,731	14	1%	301