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2005 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency

NAME OF STATE: MASSACHUSETTS

Name of
State Local Educational Agency (LEA) Percent

MA ABINGTON 5.25%
MA ACTON 3.32%
MA ACTON-BOXBOROUGH 3.39%
MA ACUSHNET 6.69%
MA ADAMS-CHESHIRE 12.82%
MA AGAWAM 9.93%
MA AMESBURY 8.34%
MA AMHERST 7.91%
MA AMHERST-PELHAM 8.25%
MA ANDOVER 4.12%
MA ARLINGTON 4.80%
MA ASHBURNHAM-WESTMINSTER 5.34%
MA ASHLAND 5.90%
MA ATHOL-ROYALSTON 15.01%
MA ATTLEBORO 9.91%
MA AUBURN 6.62%
MA AVON 8.97%
MA AYER 9.42%
MA BARNSTABLE 11.85%
MA BEDFORD 3.37%
MA BELCHERTOWN 4.58%
MA BELLINGHAM 4.19%
MA BELMONT 4.72%
MA BERKLEY 4.82%
MA BERKSHIRE HILLS 6.58%
MA BERLIN 4.84%
MA BERLIN-BOYLSTON 5.05%
MA BEVERLY 7.43%
MA BILLERICA 5.38%
MA BLACKSTONE-MILLVILLE 5.96%
MA BOSTON 27.48%
MA BOURNE 10.34%
MA BOXBOROUGH 4.76%
MA BOXFORD 3.77%
MA BOYLSTON 4.05%
MA BRAINTREE 4.50%
MA BREWSTER 4.69%
MA BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM 3.93%
MA BRIMFIELD 11.44%
MA BROCKTON 14.16%
MA BROOKFIELD 8.39%
MA BROOKLINE 4.65%
MA BURLINGTON 4.85%
MA CAMBRIDGE 13.38%
MA CANTON 4.74%
MA CARLISLE 3.01%
MA CARVER 5.42%
MA CENTRAL BERKSHIRE 6.13%
MA CHATHAM 7.15%
MA CHELMSFORD 3.85%
MA CHELSEA 31.40%
MA CHESTERFIELD-GOSHEN 3.74%
MA CHICOPEE 20.34%
MA CLARKSBURG 10.18%
MA CLINTON 11.71%
MA COHASSET 3.15%
MA CONCORD 3.51%
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MA CONCORD-CARLISLE 3.04%
MA CONWAY 2.35%
MA DANVERS 5.89%
MA DARTMOUTH 7.30%
MA DEDHAM 5.19%
MA DEERFIELD 6.62%
MA DENNIS-YARMOUTH 9.90%
MA DIGHTON-REHOBOTH 6.16%
MA DOUGLAS 5.11%
MA DOVER 2.36%
MA DOVER-SHERBORN 2.89%
MA DRACUT 6.74%
MA DUDLEY-CHARLTON REG 5.52%
MA DUXBURY 2.87%
MA EAST BRIDGEWATER 4.97%
MA EAST LONGMEADOW 5.58%
MA EASTHAM 5.63%
MA EASTHAMPTON 11.95%
MA EASTON 4.18%
MA EDGARTOWN 2.20%
MA ERVING 8.07%
MA EVERETT 18.11%
MA FAIRHAVEN 11.09%
MA FALL RIVER 20.54%
MA FALMOUTH 9.57%
MA FARMINGTON RIVER REGIONAL 7.36%
MA FITCHBURG 18.76%
MA FLORIDA 8.13%
MA FOXBOROUGH 4.06%
MA FRAMINGHAM 11.03%
MA FRANKLIN 2.49%
MA FREETOWN 5.97%
MA FREETOWN-LAKEVILLE 5.33%
MA FRONTIER 6.23%
MA GARDNER 11.12%
MA GATEWAY 8.81%
MA GEORGETOWN 4.25%
MA GILL-MONTAGUE 13.93%
MA GLOUCESTER 11.72%
MA GOSNOLD 11.11%
MA GRAFTON 5.67%
MA GRANBY 4.85%
MA GRANVILLE 10.10%
MA GREENFIELD 16.81%
MA GROTON-DUNSTABLE 3.49%
MA HADLEY 6.47%
MA HALIFAX 5.13%
MA HAMILTON-WENHAM 5.07%
MA HAMPDEN-WILBRAHAM 6.41%
MA HAMPSHIRE 4.24%
MA HANCOCK 6.36%
MA HANOVER 2.72%
MA HARVARD 3.24%
MA HARWICH 9.18%
MA HATFIELD 3.93%
MA HAVERHILL 12.55%
MA HAWLEMONT 9.82%
MA HINGHAM 3.05%
MA HOLBROOK 5.93%
MA HOLLAND 11.45%
MA HOLLISTON 3.34%
MA HOLYOKE 39.72%
MA HOPEDALE 4.88%
MA HOPKINTON 3.63%
MA HUDSON 6.76%
MA HULL 9.36%
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MA IPSWICH 9.06%
MA KING PHILIP 3.07%
MA KINGSTON 6.61%
MA LAKEVILLE 3.74%
MA LANESBOROUGH 4.81%
MA LAWRENCE 32.49%
MA LEE 8.11%
MA LEICESTER 7.03%
MA LENOX 9.64%
MA LEOMINSTER 11.10%
MA LEVERETT 4.83%
MA LEXINGTON 3.75%
MA LINCOLN 3.66%
MA LINCOLN-SUDBURY 2.92%
MA LITTLETON 2.81%
MA LONGMEADOW 3.76%
MA LOWELL 19.10%
MA LUDLOW 10.24%
MA LUNENBURG 6.81%
MA LYNN 23.60%
MA LYNNFIELD 3.93%
MA MALDEN 17.03%
MA MANCHESTER ESSEX REGIONAL SCHOOL DI 5.84%
MA MANSFIELD 4.39%
MA MARBLEHEAD 5.65%
MA MARION 6.31%
MA MARLBOROUGH 9.41%
MA MARSHFIELD 5.48%
MA MARTHAS VINEYARD 10.34%
MA MASCONOMET 3.53%
MA MASHPEE 7.82%
MA MATTAPOISETT 3.56%
MA MAYNARD 7.00%
MA MEDFIELD 2.14%
MA MEDFORD 10.59%
MA MEDWAY 2.90%
MA MELROSE 5.15%
MA MENDON-UPTON 4.33%
MA METHUEN 11.09%
MA MIDDLEBOROUGH 7.08%
MA MIDDLETON 3.57%
MA MILFORD 9.60%
MA MILLBURY 8.33%
MA MILLIS 3.47%
MA MILTON 3.35%
MA MOHAWK TRAIL 8.13%
MA MONROE (NON-OP 25.00%
MA MONSON 8.64%
MA MOUNT GREYLOCK 6.32%
MA MOUNT WASHINGTON (NON-OP 16.67%
MA NAHANT 5.78%
MA NANTUCKET 4.29%
MA NARRAGANSETT 8.88%
MA NASHOBA 3.74%
MA NATICK 4.84%
MA NAUSET 5.41%
MA NEEDHAM 2.03%
MA NEW ASHFORD (NON-OP 4.88%
MA NEW BEDFORD 23.74%
MA NEW SALEM-WENDELL 10.78%
MA NEWBURYPORT 6.80%
MA NEWTON 4.77%
MA NORFOLK 1.79%
MA NORTH ADAMS 25.07%
MA NORTH ANDOVER 5.46%
MA NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 5.33%
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MA NORTH BROOKFIELD 10.26%

MA NORTH MIDDLESEX 5.12%
MA NORTH READING 4.28%
MA NORTHAMPTON 7.40%
MA NORTHBORO-SOUTHBORO 3.15%
MA NORTHBOROUGH 3.24%
MA NORTHBRIDGE 7.60%
MA NORTON 7.17%
MA NORWELL 3.01%
MA NORWOOD 6.13%
MA OAK BLUFFS 12.38%
MA OLD ROCHESTER 4.35%
MA ORANGE 11.92%
MA ORLEANS 8.50%
MA OXFORD 11.64%
MA PALMER 14.82%
MA PEABODY 8.82%
MA PELHAM 3.23%
MA PEMBROKE 5.44%
MA PENTUCKET 4.61%
MA PETERSHAM 3.57%
MA PIONEER VALLEY 7.65%
MA PITTSFIELD 14.32%
MA PLAINVILLE 4.36%
MA PLYMOUTH 5.62%
MA PLYMPTON 3.61%
MA PROVINCETOWN 16.92%
MA QUABBIN 4.61%
MA QUABOAG REGIONAL 7.58%
MA QUINCY 11.27%
MA RALPH C MAHAR 13.44%
MA RANDOLPH 8.32%
MA READING 3.01%
MA REVERE 24.27%
MA RICHMOND 5.69%
MA ROCHESTER 4.08%
MA ROCKLAND 6.50%
MA ROCKPORT 6.80%
MA ROWE 18.60%
MA SALEM 15.63%
MA SANDWICH 4.33%
MA SAUGUS 9.25%
MA SAVOY 14.04%
MA SCITUATE 3.32%
MA SEEKONK 5.38%
MA SHARON 3.15%
MA SHERBORN 3.10%
MA SHIRLEY 5.75%
MA SHREWSBURY 4.14%
MA SHUTESBURY 5.13%
MA SILVER LAKE 5.42%
MA SOMERSET 6.19%
MA SOMERVILLE 14.16%
MA SOUTH HADLEY 5.99%
MA SOUTHAMPTON 3.07%
MA SOUTHBOROUGH 2.24%
MA SOUTHBRIDGE 20.03%
MA SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE 5.78%
MA SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND 7.93%
MA SPENCER-E BROOKFIELD 7.36%
MA SPRINGFIELD 33.18%
MA STONEHAM 6.42%
MA STOUGHTON 6.76%
MA STURBRIDGE 8.47%
MA SUDBURY 2.65%
MA SUNDERLAND 6.42%
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MA SUTTON 4.72%
MA SWAMPSCOTT 5.07%
MA SWANSEA 6.59%
MA TANTASQUA 9.69%
MA TAUNTON 13.58%
MA TEWKSBURY 4.56%
MA TISBURY 14.17%
MA TOPSFIELD 2.61%
MA TRITON 8.02%
MA TRURO 7.09%
MA TYNGSBOROUGH 5.67%
MA TYRINGHAM (NON-OP 4.26%
MA UP-ISLAND REGIONAL 3.23%
MA UXBRIDGE 5.43%
MA WACHUSETT 3.48%
MA WAKEFIELD 3.90%
MA WALES 11.38%
MA WALPOLE 2.48%
MA WALTHAM 9.70%
MA WARE 11.92%
MA WAREHAM 11.14%
MA WATERTOWN 10.91%
MA WAYLAND 2.90%
MA WEBSTER 12.54%
MA WELLESLEY 2.39%
MA WELLFLEET 12.21%
MA WEST BOYLSTON 4.53%
MA WEST BRIDGEWATER 5.09%
MA WEST SPRINGFIELD 19.30%
MA WESTBOROUGH 4.12%
MA WESTFIELD 16.14%
MA WESTFORD 2.46%
MA WESTHAMPTON 3.45%
MA WESTON 3.68%
MA WESTPORT 8.43%
MA WESTWOOD 2.20%
MA WEYMOUTH 5.97%
MA WHATELY 3.85%
MA WHITMAN-HANSON 4.62%
MA WILLIAMSBURG 4.31%
MA WILLIAMSTOWN 5.45%
MA WILMINGTON 3.96%
MA WINCHENDON 10.36%
MA WINCHESTER 3.24%
MA WINTHROP 11.24%
MA WOBURN 9.27%
MA WORCESTER 21.04%
MA WRENTHAM 4.89%

STATE TOTAL 12.06%