5 min

How Does Your Town Rank Amongst Massachusetts Homeschoolers?

Massachusetts had 17,127 registered homeschoolers at the start of the 2020 school year. We looked at each town's student body to see what percentage of the town was homeschooled. Here's how they ranked.

Town

% homeschooled

# of homeschoolers

1. Warwick

48.57%

17

2. Leyden

45.71%

16

3. Northfield

39.04%

57

4. Cummington

26.14%

23

5. Hawley

22.86%

8

6. Savoy

21.88%

14

7. Alford

18.18%

6

8. Berlin

16.43%

34

9. Plainfield

15.38%

10

10. Ashfield

14.59%

27

11. Colrain

13.85%

27

12. Medway

13.52%

38

13. Phillipston

13.19%

31

14. Blandford

13.08%

17

15. New Salem

12.93%

15

16. Heath

12.38%

13

17. Montgomery

12.36%

11

18. Florida

12.09%

11

19. Wendell

12.00%

15

20. Tolland

11.36%

5

21. Windsor

10.67%

8

22. Richmond

10.48%

13

23. Leverett

9.81%

21

24. Gill

9.76%

16

25. Ashby

9.51%

43

26. Brimfield

9.30%

52

27. Orleans

9.13%

42

28. Otis

8.80%

11

29. Barre

8.75%

72

30. Royalston

8.59%

14

31. Hubbardston

8.50%

50

32. Oakham

8.45%

24

33. New Braintree

8.45%

1

34. Princeton

8.09%

41

35. Buckland

8.08%

16

36. Shelburne

7.96%

16

37. Charlemont

7.86%

11

38. Russell

7.82%

19

39. Petersham

7.59%

11

40. New Marlborough

7.53%

11

41. West Stockbridge

7.48%

11

42. Monterey

7.37%

7

43. Huntington

7.12%

21

44. Athol

7.11%

126

45. North Brookfield

7.07%

53

46. Sterling

7.06%

82

47. Wales

6.99%

20

48. Holland

6.79%

25

59. Middlefield

6.67%

2

50. Granville

6.63%

12

51. Conway

6.62%

18

52. Winchendon

6.60%

99

53. Warren

6.49%

47

54. Greenfield

6.47%

135

55. Pepperell

6.41%

110

56. Sandisfield

6.32%

6

57. Montague

6.17%

64

58. Sheffield

6.16%

25

59. Lunenburg

5.93%

109

60. Dunstable

5.88%

36

61. Clarksburg

5.81%

14

62. Chester

5.81%

9

63. Southwick

5.69%

68

64. Rochester

5.65%

56

65. Townsend

5.63%

79

66. Pelham

5.59%

8

67. Williamsburg

5.57%

18

68. Templeton

5.55%

68

69. Westminster

5.54%

75

70. Shutesbury

5.48%

12

71. Williamstown

5.39%

41

72. Freetown

5.30%

73

73. Hancock

5.26%

4

74. Sandwich

5.21%

160

75. Stockbridge

5.19%

8

76. Hull

5.13%

47

77. Uxbridge

5.06%

103

78. Cheshire

5.04%

17

79. Hamilton

5.04%

67

80. West Brookfield

5.03%

25

81. Lanesborough

4.96%

20

82. Gardner

4.96%

139

83. Sunderland

4.94%

19

84. Southampton

4.93%

43

85. West Tisbury

4.91%

19

86. Lancaster

4.90%

55

87. Bernardston

4.88%

4

88. Westhampton

4.85%

10

89. Agawam

4.83%

179

90. Rockport

4.76%

33

91. Douglas

4.71%

70

92. Dalton

4.68%

47

93. Goshen

4.67%

5

94. Westport

4.53%

91

95. Ashburnham

4.50%

49

96. North Adams

4.39%

65

97. Boxford

4.34%

69

98. Carver

4.32%

72

99. Wellfleet

4.21%

12

100. Belchertown

4.18%

100

101. Sutton

4.17%

60

102. Becket

4.13%

9

103. Shirley

4.12%

35

104. Rutland

4.08%

69

105. Chesterfield

4.08%

4

106. Orange

4.01%

44

107. Wenham

4.01%

29

108. Harvard

3.99%

41

109 Deerfield

3.97%

29

110. Northampton

3.96%

128

111. Maynard

3.95%

56

112. Ware

3.95%

55

113. Middleborough

3.92%

134

114. Barnstable

3.90%

216

115. Westfield

3.87%

212

116. Granby

3.84%

29

117. Charlton

3.82%

80

118. Dudley

3.79%

68

119. Northbridge

3.78%

94

120. Palmer

3.78%

58

121. Berkley

3.74%

43

122. Hinsdale

3.66%

7

123. Chatham

3.64%

16

124. Sturbridge

3.62%

61

125. West Boylston

3.58%

31

126. Hardwick

3.58%

14

127. Bourne

3.52%

72

128. Lenox

3.47%

19

129. Acushnet

3.46%

52

130. Brewster

3.45%

38

131. Dighton

3.45%

48

132. West Newbury

3.44%

23

133. Wilbraham

3.40%

80

134. Topsfield

3.39%

41

135. Wareham

3.37%

89

136. Amesbury

3.36%

75

137. Harwich

3.35%

49

138. Somerset

3.35%

88

139. Georgetown

3.32%

46

140. Ayer

3.26%

35

141. Easthampton

3.25%

58

142. Washington

3.23%

2

143. Beverly

3.22%

167

144. Rehoboth

3.22%

62

145. Monson

3.20%

33

146. Marion

3.20%

28

147. Erving

3.13%

7

148. Hanson

3.01%

49

149. Fitchburg

3.01%

197

150. Bridgewater

2.95%

105

151. Carlisle

2.94%

29

152. Plympton

2.94%

13

153. East Brookfield

2.93%

9

154. Egremont

2.91%

3

155. Leicester

2.91%

44

156. Hingham

2.87%

137

157. Oxford

2.84%

52

158. Hampden

2.82%

17

159. Ludlow

2.81%

73

160. Dartmouth

2.81%

113

161. Gloucester

2.81%

92

162. Great Barrington

2.79%

23

163. Groton

2.79%

56

164. Oak Bluffs

2.77%

18

165. Holden

2.77%

99

166. Mashpee

2.75%

46

167. Groveland

2.75%

26

168. Amherst

2.73%

61

169. Webster

2.72%

57

170. Plainville

2.70%

37

171. Ipswich

2.70%

47

172. Upton

2.68%

36

173. Edgartown

2.66%

17

174. Lincoln

2.65%

19

175. Merrimac

2.65%

24

176. Bellingham

2.63%

63

177. Lakeville

2.62%

47

178. Swansea

2.59%

61

179. Plymouth, MA

2.53%

202

180. Falmouth

2.53%

88

181. Yarmouth

2.52%

64

182. Tisbury

2.48%

14

183. Sharon

2.48%

94

184. Wrentham

2.46%

47

185. East Bridgewater

2.42%

54

186. Mattapoisett

2.41%

21

187. Dennis

2.40%

28

188. Chilmark

2.40%

3

189. Grafton

2.38%

79

190. Stowe

2.37%

29

191. Avon

2.37%

16

192. Paxton

2.36%

17

193. Eastham

2.36%

11

194. Cohasset

2.35%

40

195. Kingston

2.30%

50

196. Norfolk

2.28%

42

197. Northborough

2.27%

62

198. Lee

2.24%

14

199. Littleton

2.23%

37

200. Southbridge

2.22%

56

201. West Springfield

2.22%

93

202. Watertown

2.20%

66

203. Wilmington

2.19%

77

204. Chicopee

2.19%

169

205. Bolton

2.19%

24

206. Hadley

2.17%

12

207. Adams

2.15%

22

208. Brookfield

2.14%

10

209. Fairhaven

2.11%

43

210. Attleboro

2.10%

138

211. Medford

2.09%

108

212. Norton

2.08%

53

213. West Bridgewater

2.08%

31

214. Millbury

2.07%

36

215. Boxborough

2.01%

18

216. Billerica

2.01%

104

217. Concord

1.96%

67

218. Peru

1.96%

2

219. Rowley

1.94%

15

220. Easton

1.92%

71

221. Tyngsborough

1.91%

36

222. Hudson

1.90%

56

223. Pembroke

1.89%

55

224. Pittsfield

1.87%

112

225. Haverhill

1.82%

176

226. Whitman

1.82%

45

227. Newburyport

1.81%

47

228. Chelmsford

1.77%

96

229. Ashland

1.75%

52

230. Leominster

1.75%

118

231. Longmeadow

1.74%

50

232. Spencer

1.73%

25

233. Rockland

1.73%

46

234. Stoneham

1.72%

47

235. Westford

1.69%

83

236. Dracut

1.68%

84

237. Woburn

1.67%

80

238. Holliston

1.64%

48

239. Danvers

1.63%

62

240. Raynham

1.62%

39

241. Clinton

1.61%

34

242. Taunton

1.60%

129

243. Marblehead

1.58%

48

244. Mansfield

1.58%

62

245. Halifax

1.58%

18

246. Arlington

1.57%

106

247. Sherborn

1.54%

15

248. Middleton

1.54%

21

249. North Attleborough

1.51%

72

250. Abington

1.51%

36

251. Methuen

1.50%

118

252. Whately

1.47%

3

253. Mendon

1.47%

16

254. Dedham

1.45%

46

255. Newbury

1.44%

11

256. Seekonk

1.44%

34

257. Melrose

1.42%

60

258. Southborough

1.40%

27

259. Westborough

1.39%

55

260. Milford

1.38%

65

261. Duxbury

1.37%

42

262. Fall River

1.37%

199

263. Wellesley

1.36%

74

264. Auburn

1.35%

37

265. Marlborough

1.33%

77

266. Hopedale

1.30%

13

267. Scituate

1.27%

40

268. New Bedford

1.27%

211

269. Weston

1.26%

28

270. Lynnfield

1.26%

30

271. Norwood

1.25%

50

272. Burlington

1.25%

47

273. Weymouth

1.24%

80

274. Worcester

1.23%

339

275. Marshfield

1.22%

49

276. Canton

1.22%

44

277. Acton

1.20%

55

278. Salem

1.19%

57

279. Medfield

1.18%

32

280. Somerville

1.18%

62

281. Newton

1.15%

170

282. Franklin

1.14%

63

283. Sudbury

1.14%

45

284. Millis

1.14%

15

285. Swampscott

1.13%

26

286. Natick

1.12%

65

287. Norwell

1.11%

27

288. Cambridge

1.08%

87

289. Waltham

1.08%

66

290. Wakefield

1.05%

38

291. Foxborough

1.03%

28

292. Brookline

1.02%

80

293. Salisbury

1.01%

9

294. Hanover

1.00%

29

295. Brockton

0.99%

185

296. Devens

0.98%

1

297. Tewksbury

0.94%

37

298. Framingham

0.92%

92

299. Winchester

0.90%

44

300. Peabody

0.89%

60

301. Holbrook

0.87%

13

302. Reading

0.85%

36

303. Nantucket

0.85%

15

304. Bedford

0.84%

24

305. Holyoke

0.84%

47

306. North Andover

0.81%

43

307. Andover

0.80%

53

308. Walpole

0.80%

34

309. Hopkinton

0.79%

32

310. Stoughton

0.78%

30

311. Needham

0.77%

50

312. Springfield

0.76%

221

313. Milton

0.76%

40

314. Lexington

0.71%

54

315. Belmont

0.68%

34

316. Braintree

0.68%

40

317. Malden

0.66%

48

318. Shrewsbury

0.62%

41

319. North Reading

0.60%

15

320. Lowell

0.59%

112

321. Quincy

0.54%

52

322. Dover

0.53%

7

323. Wayland

0.45%

12

324. Randolph

0.42%

17

325. Lynn

0.40%

72

326. Boston

0.36%

252

327. Westwood

0.34%

11

328. Hatfield

0.29%

1

329. Lawrence

0.22%

37

330. Chelsea

0.14%

10

331. Everett

0.13%

10

332. Revere

0.10%

8

333. Aquinnah

0.00%

0

334. East Longmeadow

0.00%

0

335. Essex

0.00%

0

336. Gosnold

0.00%

0

337. Manchester

0.00%

0

338. Monroe

0.00%

0

339. Nahant

0.00%

0

340. New Ashford

0.00%

0

341. Provincetown

0.00%

0

342. Rowe

0.00%

0

343. Saugus

0.00%

0

344. Truro

0.00%

0

345. Tyringham

0.00%

0

346. Winthrop

0.00%

0

347. Worthington

0.00%

0

Where does your town rank? Want to get know a homeschooling family? Check us out here. Need to schedule a one-on-one? Use code: HEART2HEART.
 

Until next time...

Love The Journey,