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
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