Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Massachusetts.

Cities in Massachusetts with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

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#	City	Population	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	Cambridge	118,796	9.4:1	20
2	Pittsfield	43,457	9.6:1	14
3	Hull	10,138	9.7:1	3
4	Palmer	12,381	9.9:1	3
5	Amherst	38,182	10.1:1	5
6	North Adams	12,606	10.1:1	5
7	Northampton	30,962	10.2:1	7
8	Watertown	35,543	10.3:1	5
9	Newburyport	18,652	10.3:1	5
10	Hudson	15,719	10.3:1	4
11	Waltham	64,902	10.4:1	10
12	Medford	59,354	10.4:1	8
13	Maynard	10,712	10.4:1	3
14	Boston	666,442	10.6:1	130
15	Lexington	34,295	10.6:1	10
16	Wellesley	30,347	10.6:1	10
17	Gloucester	30,075	10.7:1	7
18	Wilmington	23,336	10.7:1	7
19	Marblehead	20,413	10.7:1	6
20	Nantucket	10,017	10.7:1	4
21	Norwood	31,542	10.8:1	8
22	Burlington	26,274	10.8:1	6
23	Amesbury	17,403	10.8:1	5
24	Barnstable	49,568	11.0:1	10
25	Salem	44,795	11.0:1	12
26	Stoneham	23,355	11.0:1	5
27	Southbridge	17,928	11.0:1	6
28	Springfield	154,749	11.1:1	72
29	Dedham	25,237	11.1:1	7
30	Newton	89,044	11.2:1	22
31	Lawrence	88,736	11.2:1	29
32	Chicopee	55,295	11.2:1	16
33	Randolph	34,878	11.2:1	6
34	Milford	27,731	11.2:1	6
35	Swampscott	15,277	11.2:1	5
36	Somerville	81,036	11.3:1	11
37	Framingham	72,399	11.3:1	16
38	Marlborough	41,647	11.3:1	9
39	Revere	60,012	11.5:1	11
40	Fitchburg	41,798	11.5:1	10
41	Longmeadow	15,696	11.5:1	6
42	Westfield	40,378	11.6:1	12
43	West Springfield	28,772	11.6:1	9
44	Haverhill	67,698	11.7:1	18
45	Woburn	41,939	11.7:1	10
46	Wakefield	27,793	11.7:1	8
47	Easthampton	16,086	11.7:1	3
48	Webster	12,228	11.8:1	3
49	South Yarmouth	11,552	11.8:1	4
50	Danvers	28,098	11.9:1	8
51	Beverly	42,665	12.0:1	8
52	New Bedford	100,998	12.1:1	27
53	Fall River	94,082	12.1:1	21
54	Methuen	53,475	12.1:1	6
55	Brookline	63,266	12.2:1	13
56	Peabody	54,695	12.2:1	11
57	Arlington	46,350	12.3:1	11
58	Somerset	18,298	12.3:1	5
59	Weymouth	58,505	12.4:1	11
60	Holyoke	37,813	12.4:1	12
61	Lynn	101,709	12.5:1	28
62	Chelsea	39,908	12.5:1	12
63	Needham	32,459	12.5:1	8
64	Worcester	207,055	12.6:1	49
65	Everett	50,045	12.6:1	11
66	Franklin	33,154	12.6:1	12
67	Lowell	118,368	12.7:1	29
68	Braintree	38,899	12.7:1	10
69	Milton	28,587	12.7:1	6
70	Agawam	28,539	12.7:1	8
71	Winthrop	18,759	12.7:1	4
72	Winchester	23,406	12.8:1	7
73	Greenfield	17,664	12.8:1	8
74	Quincy	102,114	13.0:1	19
75	Holbrook	11,380	13.0:1	2
76	Reading	25,612	13.1:1	9
77	North Attleborough	30,984	13.2:1	8
78	Abington	17,053	13.7:1	5
79	Leominster	43,909	13.8:1	13
80	Lynnfield	13,064	13.8:1	5
81	Melrose	29,650	13.9:1	8
82	Saugus	28,773	13.9:1	5
83	Malden	65,906	14.1:1	8
84	Taunton	60,433	14.3:1	14
85	Attleboro	46,762	15.1:1	12
86	Belmont	27,175	15.2:1	7
87	Brockton	105,386	15.7:1	25
88	Bridgewater	28,471	16.0:1	5
89	Gardner	21,148	16.9:1	4