Here you can find direct links to various information and data about education funding in the Commonwealth and about your city, town or school district specifically.
This information is linked primarily from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). We can answer some questions relating to this information but for very specific or detailed question, please contact DESE https://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/contactus.html
Find funding information on your school district
Review a 30 year summary of your school district’s state funding, local spending and enrollment
Net School Spending Profiles, all districts
Look up data on state funding for your community on the Division of Local Services website
All the information for how chapter 70 school aid is calculated for your district
Complete formula spreadsheet, showing the detailed calculations for each municipality and district
https://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/chapter70/fy2025/p-spreadsheet.xlsm
Charter School and School Choice Funding information
Charter school payments and reimbursements by school district
https://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/finance/tuition/fy2025/projection-distsum.xlsx
Per pupil rates paid to charter schools by charter school and by district
https://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/finance/tuition/fy2025/projection-ratesum.xlsx
Charter school Tuition, Reimbursement and enrollment information
(Scroll down page for FY25 charter school tuition and enrollment)
https://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/finance/tuition/
School choice summary by district
https://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/schoolchoice/choicehist.xlsm
General Information and History of School Funding in Massachusetts
The 2019 Student Opportunity Act that updated and changed the funding for many school districts originally based on a state legislative report from 2015, click here for the full report and for district by district funding breakdown of The Student Opportunity Act, created by the Mass Budget and Policy Center
Foundation Review Budget Commission Report 2015:
Education advocates filed suit against the Commonwealth in 1978, eventually leading to the 1993 Education Reform Act in Massachusetts
Link to DESE page on “THE RULING”: https://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/litigation/mcduffy-hancock.html
The 2022 Rural Schools Commission Report detailing the unique challenges faced by rural schools
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i8MgkvJNG_mJDOoFL9yPIX1fz2NgiLT7/view
MASS Promise to Invest: School Funding for Every Child 