| Rank | Average Education Index ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 17.10 | Carlisle School District / 4,766 |
| 2. | 16.76 | Sherborn School District / 4,089 |
| 3. | 16.72 | Lincoln School District / 6,552 |
| 4. | 16.72 | Brookline School District / 57,953 |
| 5. | 16.71 | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,617 |
| 6. | 16.68 | Lexington School District / 30,862 |
| 7. | 16.67 | Dover School District / 5,528 |
| 8. | 16.62 | Wellesley School District / 27,623 |
| 9. | 16.58 | Weston School District / 11,191 |
| 10. | 16.45 | Wayland School District / 12,864 |
| 11. | 16.42 | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 23,860 |
| 12. | 16.34 | Newton School District / 83,949 |
| 13. | 16.33 | Acton School District / 21,376 |
| 14. | 16.30 | Sudbury School District / 17,308 |
| 15. | 16.29 | Acton-Boxborough School District / 26,284 |
| 16. | 16.20 | Winchester School District / 21,016 |
| 17. | 16.20 | Needham School District / 28,683 |
| 18. | 16.15 | Cambridge School District / 103,506 |
| 19. | 16.13 | Boxborough School District / 4,908 |
| 20. | 16.12 | Belmont School District / 24,356 |
| 21. | 16.11 | Pelham School District / 1,246 |
| 22. | 16.08 | Amherst School District / 37,403 |
| 23. | 16.02 | Medfield School District / 11,976 |
| 24. | 16.00 | Amherst-Pelham School District / 42,342 |
| 25. | 15.99 | Concord-Carlisle School District / 22,139 |
| 26. | 15.96 | Marblehead School District / 19,797 |
| 27. | 15.95 | Southborough School District / 9,617 |
| 28. | 15.93 | Sharon School District / 17,435 |
| 29. | 15.89 | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 12,619 |
| 30. | 15.88 | Duxbury School District / 14,897 |
| 31. | 15.84 | Bedford School District / 13,071 |
| 32. | 15.82 | Cohasset School District / 7,434 |
| 33. | 15.78 | Shutesbury School District / 1,890 |
| 34. | 15.77 | Boxford School District / 7,917 |
| 35. | 15.77 | Andover School District / 32,698 |
| 36. | 15.75 | Westwood School District / 14,405 |
| 37. | 15.73 | Westford School District / 21,483 |
| 38. | 15.71 | Concord School District / 17,373 |
| 39. | 15.71 | Longmeadow School District / 15,759 |
| 40. | 15.71 | Hopkinton School District / 14,474 |
| 41. | 15.67 | Arlington School District / 42,240 |
| 42. | 15.57 | Topsfield School District / 6,057 |
| 43. | 15.55 | Westborough School District / 18,272 |
| 44. | 15.54 | Wellfleet School District / 2,946 |
| 45. | 15.53 | Northborough-Southborough School District / 23,778 |
| 46. | 15.50 | Groton-Dunstable School District / 13,403 |
| 47. | 15.48 | Hingham School District / 21,731 |
| 48. | 15.40 | Natick School District / 32,443 |
| 49. | 15.40 | Williamstown School District / 7,879 |
| 50. | 15.37 | Conway School District / 1,917 |
| 51. | 15.37 | Holliston School District / 13,431 |
| 52. | 15.36 | Leverett School District / 1,803 |
| 53. | 15.34 | Up-Island Regional School District / 3,723 |
| 54. | 15.33 | Swampscott School District / 13,819 |
| 55. | 15.33 | Harvard School District / 6,433 |
| 56. | 15.28 | Norwell School District / 10,370 |
| 57. | 15.28 | Shrewsbury School District / 35,001 |
| 58. | 15.25 | Reading School District / 24,261 |
| 59. | 15.25 | Northborough School District / 14,161 |
| 60. | 15.25 | Milton School District / 26,667 |
| 61. | 15.23 | Rockport School District / 7,053 |
| 62. | 15.21 | North Andover School District / 27,965 |
| 63. | 15.19 | Scituate School District / 18,075 |
| 64. | 15.18 | Petersham School District / 1,339 |
| 65. | 15.13 | Ashland School District / 16,053 |
| 66. | 15.12 | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,574 |
| 67. | 15.11 | Provincetown School District / 3,039 |
| 68. | 15.07 | Sunderland School District / 3,712 |
| 69. | 15.07 | Northampton School District / 28,709 |
| 70. | 15.05 | Littleton School District / 8,697 |
| 71. | 15.05 | Newburyport School District / 17,288 |
| 72. | 15.05 | Orleans School District / 5,981 |
| 73. | 15.04 | Nauset School District / 23,878 |
| 74. | 15.04 | Nahant School District / 3,431 |
| 74. | 15.04 | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,431 |
| 76. | 15.02 | Eastham School District / 5,060 |
| 77. | 15.01 | Nashoba School District / 18,950 |
| 78. | 14.98 | Masconomet School District / 22,691 |
| 79. | 14.96 | Lynnfield School District / 11,487 |
| 80. | 14.95 | Watertown School District / 31,591 |
| 81. | 14.95 | Grafton School District / 17,281 |
| 82. | 14.93 | Richmond School District / 1,710 |
| 82. | 14.93 | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,710 |
| 84. | 14.91 | Wachusett School District / 40,643 |
| 85. | 14.90 | Chelmsford School District / 33,368 |
| 86. | 14.89 | Chatham School District / 6,221 |
| 87. | 14.89 | Brewster School District / 9,891 |
| 88. | 14.88 | Georgetown School District / 7,995 |
| 89. | 14.88 | Truro School District / 1,831 |
| 89. | 14.88 | Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in Turo (7-12) / 1,831 |
| 91. | 14.87 | Canton School District / 21,246 |
| 92. | 14.86 | Frontier School District / 12,265 |
| 93. | 14.86 | Boylston School District / 4,308 |
| 94. | 14.86 | Mount Greylock School District / 11,185 |
| 95. | 14.85 | Melrose School District / 26,704 |
| 96. | 14.83 | Marshfield School District / 24,969 |
| 97. | 14.83 | Marion School District / 4,948 |
| 98. | 14.82 | Name N/A / 415,038 |
| 99. | 14.81 | Millis School District / 7,824 |
| 100. | 14.80 | Burlington School District / 23,926 |
| 101. | 14.79 | Medway School District / 12,597 |
| 102. | 14.79 | Sandwich School District / 20,628 |
| 103. | 14.78 | Mendon-Upton School District / 12,990 |
| 104. | 14.77 | Lenox School District / 5,022 |
| 105. | 14.75 | Walpole School District / 23,673 |
| 106. | 14.74 | Ipswich School District / 13,074 |
| 107. | 14.73 | Wakefield School District / 24,620 |
| 108. | 14.72 | Franklin School District / 31,023 |
| 109. | 14.72 | Wrentham School District / 10,812 |
| 110. | 14.71 | Easton School District / 23,016 |
| 111. | 14.68 | Somerville School District / 75,215 |
| 112. | 14.65 | Whately School District / 1,566 |
| 113. | 14.65 | Mattapoisett School District / 6,079 |
| 114. | 14.64 | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,215 |
| 115. | 14.63 | Mansfield School District / 23,051 |
| 116. | 14.60 | Falmouth School District / 31,796 |
| 117. | 14.59 | Deerfield School District / 5,070 |
| 118. | 14.56 | Williamsburg School District / 2,633 |
| 119. | 14.54 | Sturbridge School District / 9,037 |
| 120. | 14.54 | Harwich School District / 12,291 |
| 121. | 14.50 | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,097 |
| 122. | 14.49 | North Reading School District / 14,536 |
| 123. | 14.49 | Maynard School District / 10,036 |
| 124. | 14.49 | Old Rochester School District / 16,136 |
| 125. | 14.47 | Foxborough School District / 16,621 |
| 126. | 14.45 | Pentucket School District / 16,803 |
| 127. | 14.42 | Hanover School District / 13,743 |
| 128. | 14.41 | Martha's Vineyard School District / 15,957 |
| 129. | 14.41 | Beverly School District / 39,351 |
| 130. | 14.40 | Dedham School District / 24,325 |
| 131. | 14.37 | East Longmeadow School District / 15,446 |
| 132. | 14.37 | Hadley School District / 5,176 |
| 133. | 14.37 | Sutton School District / 8,869 |
| 134. | 14.35 | Southampton School District / 5,718 |
| 135. | 14.35 | King Philip School District / 29,957 |
| 136. | 14.35 | Belchertown School District / 14,354 |
| 137. | 14.33 | North Attleborough School District / 28,483 |
| 138. | 14.32 | Norwood School District / 28,375 |
| 139. | 14.32 | Nantucket School District / 10,069 |
| 140. | 14.32 | Hampshire School District / 12,031 |
| 141. | 14.32 | Framingham School District / 67,339 |
| 142. | 14.32 | Bourne School District / 19,577 |
| 143. | 14.31 | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,356 |
| 144. | 14.30 | Barnstable School District / 45,775 |
| 145. | 14.28 | Danvers School District / 26,113 |
| 146. | 14.28 | Triton School District / 20,557 |
| 147. | 14.28 | Waltham School District / 59,771 |
| 148. | 14.27 | New Salem-Wendell School District / 1,870 |
| 149. | 14.27 | Westhampton School District / 1,585 |
| 150. | 14.27 | Oak Bluffs School District / 4,364 |
| 151. | 14.26 | Douglas School District / 8,239 |
| 152. | 14.26 | Amesbury School District / 16,225 |
| 153. | 14.24 | Mashpee School District / 13,850 |
| 154. | 14.24 | Tisbury School District / 3,886 |
| 155. | 14.23 | Hatfield School District / 3,268 |
| 156. | 14.22 | Tyngsborough School District / 11,124 |
| 157. | 14.22 | Hull School District / 10,420 |
| 158. | 14.22 | Wilmington School District / 21,891 |
| 159. | 14.21 | South Hadley School District / 17,494 |
| 160. | 14.20 | Kingston School District / 12,470 |
| 161. | 14.19 | Norfolk School District / 11,054 |
| 162. | 14.18 | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,407 |
| 163. | 14.16 | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,695 |
| 164. | 14.13 | Medford School District / 55,451 |
| 165. | 14.13 | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,467 |
| 166. | 14.12 | Lakeville School District / 10,462 |
| 167. | 14.12 | Braintree School District / 35,122 |
| 168. | 14.11 | Plainville School District / 8,091 |
| 169. | 14.11 | Ayer School District / 7,314 |
| 170. | 14.10 | Stoneham School District / 21,320 |
| 171. | 14.05 | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,216 |
| 172. | 14.03 | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 38,597 |
| 173. | 14.02 | Granville School District / 1,525 |
| 173. | 14.02 | Southwick-Tolland School District in Granville (9-12) / 1,525 |
| 175. | 14.01 | Salem School District / 40,964 |
| 176. | 14.01 | Boston School District / 602,609 |
| 177. | 14.01 | Lunenburg School District / 9,985 |
| 178. | 14.00 | Plymouth School District / 55,606 |
| 179. | 14.00 | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,272 |
| 180. | 13.98 | Berlin School District / 2,789 |
| 181. | 13.97 | North Middlesex School District / 23,157 |
| 182. | 13.96 | Norton School District / 18,880 |
| 183. | 13.96 | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,095 |
| 184. | 13.95 | Middleton School District / 8,717 |
| 185. | 13.94 | Marlborough School District / 37,674 |
| 186. | 13.94 | Silver Lake School District / 22,755 |
| 187. | 13.93 | Pembroke School District / 17,660 |
| 188. | 13.93 | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,008 |
| 188. | 13.93 | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,008 |
| 190. | 13.92 | Weymouth School District / 53,342 |
| 191. | 13.91 | Rochester School District / 5,109 |
| 192. | 13.90 | Gloucester School District / 28,893 |
| 193. | 13.89 | Hancock School District / 718 |
| 193. | 13.89 | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 718 |
| 195. | 13.89 | Southwick-Tolland School District / 9,872 |
| 196. | 13.89 | Quincy School District / 90,780 |
| 197. | 13.88 | Woburn School District / 37,538 |
| 198. | 13.88 | Tantasqua School District / 20,490 |
| 199. | 13.87 | Central Berkshire School District / 14,070 |
| 200. | 13.87 | Edgartown School District / 3,984 |
| 201. | 13.85 | Easthampton School District / 16,054 |
| 202. | 13.83 | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 23,879 |
| 203. | 13.83 | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,258 |
| 204. | 13.83 | Winthrop School District / 17,311 |
| 205. | 13.83 | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 39,481 |
| 206. | 13.83 | Hudson School District / 18,643 |
| 207. | 13.82 | Tewksbury School District / 28,619 |
| 208. | 13.82 | Lee School District / 6,342 |
| 209. | 13.80 | Lanesborough School District / 3,306 |
| 210. | 13.78 | Quabbin School District / 15,470 |
| 211. | 13.77 | Billerica School District / 39,572 |
| 212. | 13.74 | Hopedale School District / 5,902 |
| 213. | 13.74 | Uxbridge School District / 13,081 |
| 214. | 13.72 | Auburn School District / 16,185 |
| 215. | 13.71 | West Bridgewater School District / 6,859 |
| 216. | 13.71 | Bellingham School District / 16,017 |
| 217. | 13.67 | Gateway School District / 8,647 |
| 218. | 13.66 | Agawam School District / 28,383 |
| 219. | 13.65 | East Bridgewater School District / 13,636 |
| 220. | 13.65 | Milford School District / 27,855 |
| 221. | 13.64 | Plympton School District / 2,777 |
| 222. | 13.63 | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,464 |
| 223. | 13.63 | Peabody School District / 50,455 |
| 224. | 13.63 | Greenfield School District / 17,610 |
| 225. | 13.62 | Halifax School District / 7,508 |
| 226. | 13.61 | Stoughton School District / 26,781 |
| 227. | 13.60 | Seekonk School District / 13,686 |
| 228. | 13.60 | Abington School District / 15,704 |
| 229. | 13.58 | Haverhill School District / 60,203 |
| 230. | 13.58 | Clinton School District / 13,610 |
| 231. | 13.56 | Northbridge School District / 15,287 |
| 232. | 13.50 | Freetown School District / 8,796 |
| 233. | 13.50 | Holland School District / 2,644 |
| 234. | 13.48 | Monson School District / 8,534 |
| 235. | 13.48 | Pittsfield School District / 44,788 |
| 236. | 13.48 | Granby School District / 6,229 |
| 237. | 13.47 | Gill-Montague School District / 9,867 |
| 238. | 13.46 | Malden School District / 58,180 |
| 239. | 13.45 | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,553 |
| 239. | 13.45 | Hawlemont School District / 1,553 |
| 241. | 13.44 | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,004 |
| 242. | 13.44 | Leicester School District / 10,911 |
| 243. | 13.43 | Westfield School District / 40,974 |
| 244. | 13.42 | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 387 |
| 244. | 13.42 | Rowe School District / 387 |
| 246. | 13.40 | Brookfield School District / 3,342 |
| 247. | 13.40 | Saugus School District / 26,392 |
| 248. | 13.40 | Methuen School District / 46,393 |
| 249. | 13.39 | Worcester School District / 179,994 |
| 250. | 13.39 | Rockland School District / 17,511 |
| 251. | 13.38 | Brimfield School District / 3,557 |
| 252. | 13.38 | Shirley School District / 7,226 |
| 252. | 13.38 | Ayer/Lunenberg School Districts in Shirley (9-12) / 7,226 |
| 254. | 13.36 | Attleboro School District / 43,355 |
| 255. | 13.35 | Randolph School District / 31,661 |
| 256. | 13.34 | West Boylston School District / 7,657 |
| 257. | 13.33 | Wareham School District / 21,536 |
| 258. | 13.33 | West Springfield School District / 28,287 |
| 259. | 13.31 | Middleborough School District / 22,538 |
| 260. | 13.30 | Millbury School District / 13,220 |
| 261. | 13.30 | Dracut School District / 28,960 |
| 262. | 13.29 | Narragansett School District / 9,650 |
| 263. | 13.29 | Dartmouth School District / 33,517 |
| 264. | 13.28 | Oxford School District / 13,690 |
| 265. | 13.26 | Westport School District / 15,298 |
| 266. | 13.26 | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,117 |
| 267. | 13.24 | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 766 |
| 268. | 13.24 | Somerset School District / 18,185 |
| 269. | 13.24 | Wales School District / 1,910 |
| 270. | 13.23 | Holbrook School District / 10,694 |
| 271. | 13.19 | Florida School District / 876 |
| 272. | 13.17 | North Brookfield School District / 4,691 |
| 273. | 13.17 | Leominster School District / 40,941 |
| 274. | 13.16 | Avon School District / 4,335 |
| 275. | 13.14 | Carver School District / 11,447 |
| 276. | 13.13 | Winchendon School District / 10,212 |
| 277. | 13.12 | Gosnold School District / 198 |
| 278. | 13.12 | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 13,758 |
| 279. | 13.10 | Palmer School District / 12,196 |
| 280. | 13.10 | Berkley School District / 6,306 |
| 280. | 13.10 | Somerset School District in Berkley (9-12) / 6,306 |
| 282. | 13.07 | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,772 |
| 283. | 13.03 | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,812 |
| 284. | 12.95 | Fitchburg School District / 40,214 |
| 285. | 12.95 | Fairhaven School District / 15,934 |
| 286. | 12.93 | Savoy School District / 747 |
| 286. | 12.93 | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 747 |
| 288. | 12.92 | Swansea School District / 15,900 |
| 289. | 12.91 | Orange School District / 7,795 |
| 290. | 12.88 | Erving School District / 1,822 |
| 290. | 12.88 | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,822 |
| 292. | 12.84 | North Adams School District in Monroe (9-12) / 110 |
| 293. | 12.84 | Ware School District / 9,860 |
| 294. | 12.81 | Taunton School District / 55,954 |
| 295. | 12.80 | Gardner School District / 20,386 |
| 296. | 12.80 | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,660 |
| 297. | 12.76 | Ludlow School District / 21,156 |
| 298. | 12.76 | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,886 |
| 298. | 12.76 | Clarksburg School District / 1,886 |
| 300. | 12.75 | Brockton School District / 93,869 |
| 301. | 12.73 | North Adams School District / 13,851 |
| 302. | 12.72 | Lowell School District / 105,089 |
| 303. | 12.69 | Acushnet School District / 10,288 |
| 303. | 12.69 | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,288 |
| 305. | 12.68 | Webster School District / 16,745 |
| 306. | 12.57 | Chicopee School District / 55,165 |
| 307. | 12.52 | Lynn School District / 89,625 |
| 308. | 12.46 | Holyoke School District / 39,885 |
| 309. | 12.43 | Revere School District / 50,008 |
| 310. | 12.42 | Southbridge School District / 16,851 |
| 311. | 12.42 | Everett School District / 40,560 |
| 312. | 12.41 | Springfield School District / 152,906 |
| 313. | 11.86 | Fall River School District / 89,482 |
| 314. | 11.72 | New Bedford School District / 94,945 |
| 315. | 11.67 | Chelsea School District / 34,532 |
| 316. | 11.61 | Lawrence School District / 75,177 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Education Index' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Education Index' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
