List of school districts in Massachusetts

This is a list of school districts in Massachusetts.

The majority of school districts in the state are dependent on town governments. Some are dependent on city governments, two are dependent on county governments, and Essex Agricultural and Technical High School is directly a part of the state government. The U.S. Census Bureau does not consider any of these to be independent governments. It does consider the regional school districts, regional vocational-technical school districts, and independent vocational schools to be independent governments.^[1]

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Non-operating local school districts, which are those districts that do not operate any school facilities and where all students attend school in regional academic school districts, are not listed.

• Ipswich School Department (Essex County, PK–12)

• Kingston School Department (Plymouth County, K–6)

• Quincy Public Schools (Norfolk County, PK–12)

• Uxbridge School Department (Worcester County, PK–12)

• King Philip Regional School District (Norfolk County, 7–12, serving Norfolk, Plainville and Wrentham)

• Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District (Middlesex County, 9–12, serving Lincoln and Sudbury)

• Old Rochester Regional School District (Plymouth County, 7–12, serving Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester)

• Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District (Franklin and Worcester Counties, 7–12, serving New Salem, Orange, Petersham and Wendell)

• Up-Island Regional School District (Dukes County, PK–8, serving Aquinnah, Chilmark and West Tisbury)

• Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District (Middlesex and Worcester Counties, 9–12, serving Berlin, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Northborough, Southborough, and Westborough)

• Cape Cod Regional Technical High School (Barnstable County, 9–12, serving Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet and Yarmouth)

• Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District (Essex County, 9–12, serving Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Swampscott, Topsfield and Wenham)

• Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School (Franklin County, 9–12, serving Bernardston, Buckland, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Heath, Leyden, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shelburne, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell and Whately; also serving Rowe through a grade tuition agreement)

• Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School (Bristol and Plymouth Counties, 9–12, serving Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett and Rochester) Note: Freetown and Lakeville share a district and Freetown is not a member town and students from Freetown are limited to about 90.

• Pathfinder Regional Technical High School (Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester Counties, 9–12, serving Belchertown, Granby, Hardwick, Monson, New Braintree, Oakham, Palmer, Ware and Warren)

• Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School (Bristol, Middlesex and Norfolk Counties, 9–12, serving Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole and Wrentham)

• Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School (Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, 9–12, serving Bourne, Falmouth, Marion, Sandwich and Wareham)

• Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School (Essex County, 9–12, serving Amesbury, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury and West Newbury)

• Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural High School (Hampshire County, 9–12, serving Northampton)

• Bristol County Agricultural High School (Bristol County, 9–12, serving Acushnet, Attleboro, Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Easton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Freetown, Mansfield, New Bedford, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton and Westport)

• Norfolk County Agricultural High School (Norfolk County, 9–12, serving Avon, Bellingham, Braintree, Brookline, Canton, Cohasset, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Holbrook, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Milton, Needham, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, Weymouth and Wrentham)

Following the Education Reform Act of 1993, the state Department of Education authorized two types of "charter" schools, public schools outside the control of any school committee. Commonwealth Charter Schools (marked on this list with the letters "CC") are funded through money deducted by the state from its aid payments to the school districts that would otherwise be responsible for the school's students; Horace Mann Charter Schools (marked "HM") are founded with the permission of the school districts in which they are physically located, and funded by their "parent" district.

• Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School District (HM, Boston, PK–5, serving the Boston school district)

• Global Learning Charter Public District (CC, New Bedford, 5–12, serving the New Bedford school district)

• Innovation Academy Public School District (CC, Chelmsford, 5–12, serving the Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Groton-Dunstable, Littleton, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough and Westford school districts)

• Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School District (CC, Sturbridge, K–7, serving the Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Monson, North Brookfield, Palmer, Southbridge, Spencer-East Brookfield, Sturbridge, Tantasqua, Wales and Webster school districts)

• Veritas Preparatory Charter School District (CC, Springfield, 5–8, serving the Springfield school district)

• Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI (Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcester Counties, 11–12, serving Andover, Ashburnham, Auburn, Barre, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boxborough, Boylston, Charlton, Chelmsford, Concord, Dudley, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Grafton, Harvard, Haverhill, Holden, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Leominster, Lexington, Lunenburg, Marlborough, Maynard, Medway, Milford, Millbury, Newton, Northborough, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Petersham, Rutland, Sherborn, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Waltham, Webster, West Brookfield, Westborough, Westford, Westminster, Weston, Wilbraham and Worcester)

• Greater Commonwealth Virtual District (K–12)

• TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District (K–12)

• Institutional Schools (1–12)

Each superintendency union serves multiple school districts with the same superintendent.