Regional School Districts in Massachusetts
17 districts here serve more than one town. They are worth their own pages for a reason the rest of this site keeps running into: inside one of these the district is already settled, so most of what still separates the member towns is price, tax and commute rather than schooling. Some share every year of it and some only the secondary years — each page says which.
The gap that opens anyway is the point. Manchester Essex Regional spans a town at $900k and a town at $1.5M, a factor of 1.67, for children who will go through the same district.
Districts serving a single town are not listed. Their page would be the town’s own page with the housing taken out, and that page already exists — start from all communities instead.
Every multi-town district
Sorted by how far apart the member towns are priced, widest first.
| District | Towns | 4BR range | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Essex Regional | Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea | $900k – $1.5M | 1.67× |
| Triton | Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury | $575k – $900k | 1.57× |
| Lincoln-Sudbury | Lincoln, Sudbury | $1.7M – $2.5M | 1.47× |
| Concord-Carlisle | Carlisle, Concord | $1.5M – $2.2M | 1.47× |
| Monomoy Regional | Chatham, Harwich | $750k – $1.1M | 1.47× |
| Pentucket | Groveland, Merrimac, West Newbury | $675k – $950k | 1.41× |
| Dover-Sherborn | Dover, Sherborn | $1.5M – $2M | 1.33× |
| Dudley-Charlton Regional | Charlton, Dudley | $450k – $550k | 1.22× |
| Groton-Dunstable | Dunstable, Groton | $800k – $950k | 1.19× |
| Acton-Boxborough | Acton, Boxborough | $950k – $1.1M | 1.16× |
| Masconomet | Boxford, Middleton, Topsfield | $950k – $1.1M | 1.16× |
| Bridgewater-Raynham | Bridgewater, Raynham | $625k – $700k | 1.12× |
| Dennis-Yarmouth | Dennis, Yarmouth | $625k – $700k | 1.12× |
| Freetown-Lakeville | Freetown, Lakeville | $625k – $700k | 1.12× |
| Whitman-Hanson | Hanson, Whitman | $600k – $650k | 1.08× |
| Hamilton-Wenham | Hamilton, Wenham | $950k – $950k | 1.00× |
| Nashoba | Bolton, Stow | $950k – $950k | 1.00× |
District membership comes from the state’s DESE reports. Prices are estimates calibrated to the Zillow Home Value Index and Redfin. Data last reviewed — see the methodology.
