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Safest school districts in Massachusetts

Ranked on reported serious-incident rates from the 2021-22 federal collection · higher percentile = safer

Only school districts with at least 5 schools whose reporting we can verify appear here — see how we score and what this data can't tell you.

48 ranked school districts in Massachusetts

#	DISTRICT	SAFETY PCTL	SCHOOLS SCORED
1	Needham	96	7 of 8
2	Dighton-Rehoboth	96	5 of 5
3	Plymouth	94	10 of 13
4	Beverly	94	5 of 8
5	Canton	93	5 of 6
6	Weston	92	5 of 5
7	Methuen	92	5 of 5
8	North Andover	90	5 of 8
9	Framingham	87	8 of 14
10	Pentucket	86	6 of 6
11	Chicopee	86	8 of 15
12	Acton-Boxborough	85	5 of 9
13	Westfield	85	8 of 12
14	Randolph	82	5 of 6
15	Worcester	82	40 of 46
16	Franklin	81	6 of 10
17	Cambridge	81	7 of 17
18	Norwood	81	6 of 8
19	Malden	79	6 of 7
20	Quincy	77	7 of 19
21	Somerville	75	8 of 11
22	Braintree	75	5 of 10
23	Chelsea	74	8 of 11
24	Fall River	72	15 of 16
25	Waltham	71	9 of 10
26	Revere	67	7 of 11
27	Weymouth	66	5 of 11
28	Swampscott	66	5 of 5
29	Lowell	64	22 of 27
30	Boston	61	92 of 113
31	Attleboro	60	6 of 12
32	Sharon	59	5 of 6
33	Holyoke	57	12 of 12
34	Barnstable	57	5 of 9
35	Lynn	56	23 of 25
36	Leominster	52	6 of 11
37	Brockton	51	16 of 24
38	Falmouth	51	5 of 7
39	Hampden-Wilbraham	48	6 of 6
40	Fitchburg	40	6 of 8
41	Haverhill	38	6 of 17
42	Marlborough	38	6 of 7
43	New Bedford	37	19 of 25
44	Newton	32	7 of 22
45	Pittsfield	27	10 of 15
46	Springfield	27	55 of 66
47	Everett	5	6 of 10
48	Southbridge	4	6 of 6