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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 995 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. City on a Hill Charter Public School leads the list at -72.4%, against a median of -11.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

995

Massachusetts

Best Enrollment change

-72.4%

Median Enrollment change

-11.4%

FASTEST DECLINING · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	City on a Hill Charter Public School	Roxbury, MA	City on a Hill Charter Public School	283	78	-72.4%
2	Center	Peabody, MA	Peabody	394	123	-68.8%
3	Melvin H. King South End Academy	Boston, MA	Boston	355	125	-64.8%
4	Forest Park Middle	Springfield, MA	Springfield	712	282	-60.4%
5	Frederick Pilot Middle School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	494	215	-56.5%
6	Alice A Macomber	Westport, MA	Westport	373	163	-56.3%
7	Cohasset High School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	846	381	-55.0%
8	Early Childhood Center	Lynn, MA	Lynn	299	135	-54.8%
9	Webster School	Everett, MA	Everett	738	351	-52.4%
10	Atkinson	North Andover, MA	North Andover	568	274	-51.8%
11	The Bromfield High School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	655	328	-49.9%
12	Amesbury Middle	Amesbury, MA	Amesbury	677	364	-46.2%
13	Northbridge Middle	Whitinsville, MA	Northbridge	723	394	-45.5%
14	Crosby	Pittsfield, MA	Pittsfield	446	249	-44.2%
15	Condon K-8 School	South Boston, MA	Boston	905	518	-42.8%
16	Bourne Middle School	Bourne, MA	Bourne	683	394	-42.3%
17	Palmer High	Palmer, MA	Palmer	713	416	-41.7%
18	Margaret C Ells	Springfield, MA	Springfield	240	141	-41.3%
19	Wareham Middle	Wareham, MA	Wareham	726	432	-40.5%
20	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	309	186	-39.8%
21	Chatham Elementary School	Chatham, MA	Monomoy Regional School District	242	146	-39.7%
22	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	572	345	-39.7%
23	Excel High School	South Boston, MA	Boston	491	301	-38.7%
24	L F Dewing	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	606	372	-38.6%
25	Winn Brook	Belmont, MA	Belmont	490	304	-38.0%
26	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	512	321	-37.3%
27	Mario Umana Academy	East Boston, MA	Boston	1,004	634	-36.9%
28	John Ashley	West Springfield, MA	West Springfield	234	148	-36.8%
29	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	374	238	-36.4%
30	Donald Ross	Braintree, MA	Braintree	285	182	-36.1%
31	Fiske	Lexington, MA	Lexington	502	324	-35.5%
32	Teaticket	East Falmouth, MA	Falmouth	365	236	-35.3%
33	Van Sickle Academy	Springfield, MA	Springfield	403	262	-35.0%
34	Millis Middle	Millis, MA	Millis	407	267	-34.4%
35	Lincoln Street	Worcester, MA	Worcester	270	177	-34.4%
36	George F. Willett	Norwood, MA	Norwood	389	256	-34.2%
37	Head Start	Worcester, MA	Worcester	529	349	-34.0%
38	Ellen R Hathaway	New Bedford, MA	New Bedford	303	201	-33.7%
39	Pioneer Valley Regional	Northfield, MA	Pioneer Valley	360	239	-33.6%
40	Georgetown High School	Georgetown, MA	Georgetown	401	268	-33.2%
41	Orleans Elementary	Orleans, MA	Orleans	223	149	-33.2%
42	Trotter Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	525	352	-33.0%
43	Rockport Elementary	Rockport, MA	Rockport	393	264	-32.8%
44	Daniel Butler	Belmont, MA	Belmont	388	261	-32.7%
45	Daniel B Brunton	Springfield, MA	Springfield	466	314	-32.6%
46	Carlos Pacheco	New Bedford, MA	New Bedford	358	242	-32.4%
47	North Middle School	Brockton, MA	Brockton	629	427	-32.1%
48	South End Middle School	Springfield, MA	Springfield	240	163	-32.1%
49	Roger E Wellington	Belmont, MA	Belmont	625	426	-31.8%
50	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School	North Dighton, MA	Dighton-Rehoboth	909	621	-31.7%

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