BOSTON (WHDH) - The United States may be one of the most educated counties in the world, but it fails to provide the same quality elementary school or secondary school education to all students, new research shows.
In many states, including Massachusetts, more affluent districts receive a greater amount of funding per student than poorer districts.
WalletHub found that Massachusetts has the 13th least equitable school districts in the country. Researchers with the personal finance website did note that some districts in the Bay State are fairer than others.
Equitable funding can help prevent poor students from having low graduation rates, low rates of enrolling in higher education, and less future income than their more affluent peers, according to WalletHub.
In compiling the ranking, WalletHub says it scored 12,919 school districts across the country on two metrics: average household income and expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools per pupil.
Pentucket Regional School District was ranked the most equitable in Massachusetts, while Dover Town School was ranked the least equitable.
Below is a list of the ten most and least equitable school district in the state:
| Most Equitable | Least Equitable |
| 1. Pentucket Regional School District | 281. Lexington Public Schools |
| 2. Mt. Greylock Regional School District | 282. Boxford Town School |
| 3. Stoneham Town Schools | 283. Wayland Public School |
| 4. Arlington Public Schools | 284. Sherborn Town School |
| 5. Woburn Public School | 285. Carlisle Town School |
| 6. Uxbridge Town Schools | 286. Wellesley Town Schools |
| 7. Ipswich Town Schools | 287. Truro Town School |
| 8. Amherst-Pelham Regional School District | 288. Weston Public Schools |
| 9. Plymouth Town Schools | 289. Dover Sherborn Regional High School District |
| 10. Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District | 290. Dover Town School |
For a full ranking of school districts in the state, click here.
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