By: Alex Newman
See which school systems are the safest in the Bay State in 2018.
How safe is your child's school? Recent national events have put student safety at the forefront, and one website has revealed which Massachusetts school districts rank highest in this category. Niche.com released its list of the Safest School Districts for 2018.
The list was created using information from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI, parent reviews and other data. Niche assigned the most value – 50 percent – to health and safety reports from students and parents; expenses per student and student absenteeism were assigned the second-most value at 10 percent, suspensions accounted for 7.5 percent; and expulsions, law enforcement referrals and school-related arrests rounded were at 5 percent.
Below are the 100 safest school districts in Massachusetts, according to Niche:
1 Cambridge Public Schools
2 Easton Public Schools
3 Wellesley Public Schools
4 Duxbury Public Schools
5 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District, Ashburnham
6 Westford Public Schools
7 Swansea Public Schools
8 Franklin Public Schools
9 Auburn Public Schools
10 Milton Public Schools
11 Beverly Public Schools
12 Norwood Public Schools
13 Berkshire Hills Public Schools, Stockbridge
14 Longmeadow Public Schools
15 Westborough Public Schools
16 Dartmouth Public Schools
17 Natick Public Schools
18 Quincy Public Schools
19 Shrewsbury Public Schools
20 Lynn Public Schools
21 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, Wilbraham
22 Manchester Essex Regional School District, Manchester
23 Marshfield Public Schools
24 Reading Public Schools
25 Revere Public Schools
26 Sutton Public Schools
27 Hingham Public Schools
28 Brockton Public Schools
29 Methuen Public Schools
30 Winchester Public Schools
31 Foxborough Public Schools
32 Braintree Public Schools
33 Mendon-Upton Regional School District, Mendon
34 Tewksbury Public Schools
35 Amesbury Public Schools
36 Fairhaven Public Schools
37 Medfield Public Schools
38 Andover Public Schools
39 Norton Public Schools
40 Marblehead Public Schools
41 Bedford Public Schools
42 Southern Berkshire Public Schools, Sheffield
43 Woburn Public Schools
44 Uxbridge Public Schools
45 Chicopee Public Schools
46 Burlington Public Schools
47 Hull Public Schools
48 Haverhill Public Schools
49 Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, Groton
50 Lenox Public Schools
51 East Longmeadow Public Schools
52 Fitchburg Public Schools
53 Monomoy Regional School District, Chatham
54 Hatfield Public Schools
55 Canton Public Schools
56 Swampscott Public Schools
57 Danvers Public Schools
58 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District, South Yarmouth
59 Nashoba Public Schools, Bolton
60 Millis Public Schools
61 West Bridgewater Public Schools
62 Ayer Shirley School District, Ayer
63 Easthampton Public Schools
64 Plymouth Public Schools
65 Needham Public Schools
66 Hanover Public Schools
67 Gateway Regional School District
68 Littleton Public Schools
69 East Bridgewater Public Schools
70 Cohasset Public Schools
71 Stoughton Public Schools
72 Rockland Public Schools
73 Hopkinton Public Schools
74 Millbury Public Schools
75 Masconomet Public Schools, Boxford
76 Weston Public Schools
77 Amherst-Pelham Regional School District
78 Maynard Public Schools
79 Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District, Lakeville
80 Clinton Public Schools
81 Whitman-Hanson Regional School District, Whitman
82 Lowell Public Schools
83 Mansfield Public Schools
84 Westfield Public Schools
85 Scituate Public Schools
86 Wakefield Public Schools
87 Taunton Public Schools
88 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District, Southwick
89 Lexington Public Schools
90 Georgetown Public Schools
91 North Reading Public Schools
92 Wareham Public Schools
93 Wachusett Public Schools
94 Tantasqua Public Schools
95 Hopedale Public Schools
96 Medway Public Schools
97 Grafton Public Schools
98 Belchertown Public Schools
99 North Andover Public Schools
100 Norwell Public Schools
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