Interactive Map & App

Massachusetts Education Atlas

Web Mapping · 2026 Live

Statewide interactive web map of every public school and school district in Massachusetts. 351 municipalities, 274 academic districts, 78 charters, 26 regional vocational, 1,700 schools — 40+ joined education and demographic metrics, ArcGIS-style layer panel, palette + classification controls, hover + sticky side panel.

My role

I built the academic-district polygons, joined the statewide education and demographic data, and designed the MapLibre interface and classification controls.

Approach

MassGIS publishes charter, vocational, collaborative, and historic-union boundaries, but not the standard town and regional academic districts needed for this map. I built 274 academic district polygons by joining the public-schools point data to municipalities and dissolving towns by their dominant district code. Academic, vocational, and charter districts overlap, so the interface keeps them as independent layers. More than 40 joined measures cover demographics, MCAS, graduation, postsecondary plans, finance, and teacher workforce, with selectable classification and palette controls.

Result

The atlas provides one interactive view of Massachusetts schools, districts, finance, outcomes, and community context across more than 40 joined measures.

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Figures

Fig. 1Live atlas interface — layer panel, classification controls, and sticky detail panel

Fig. 2% High Needs by town — one of 380+ mapped metrics, Fisher-Jenks natural breaks

Fig. 4MCAS Grade 10 ELA — % meeting or exceeding expectations

Fig. 5Per-pupil spending by school district (Viridis ramp)

Fig. 7% planning to attend college, rendered on the academic-district polygons

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