“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
55 school districts have their office in Middlesex County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $430.8 million — $358.8 million to run schools, about $25,220 per student, plus $61.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.5 million local (mostly property tax), $289.4 million state, $46.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $54.1 million.
Spent $350.7 million — $335.3 million to run schools, about $27,966 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $270.6 million local (mostly property tax), $71.5 million state, $11.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $233.5 million.
Spent $261.9 million — $247.8 million to run schools, about $26,171 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $114.3 million local (mostly property tax), $104.5 million state, $18 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.5 million.
Spent $163.5 million — $154.6 million to run schools, about $20,955 per student, plus $2.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.7 million local (mostly property tax), $115.2 million state, $15 million federal. Long-term debt: $16 million.
Spent $196.7 million — $186.1 million to run schools, about $26,827 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $156.2 million local (mostly property tax), $42.2 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $131.7 million.
Spent $379.1 million — $301.7 million to run schools, about $44,724 per student, plus $65 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $250.5 million local (mostly property tax), $56.1 million state, $13.9 million federal.
Spent $144.2 million — $140.5 million to run schools, about $22,061 per student, plus $539,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.5 million local (mostly property tax), $72.7 million state, $16 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $138.7 million — $128.8 million to run schools, about $21,306 per student, plus $494,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $100.3 million local (mostly property tax), $54.1 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $219.8 million.
And 47 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Middlesex County about $321.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
821 bridges in Middlesex County: 170 in good condition, 560 fair, and 91 poor (11.1%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I 93 over I 95 /ST128 · built 1957 | 200,824 vehicles a day |
| I 95 /ST128 over RR MBTA/BMRR · built 1950 | 192,672 vehicles a day |
| I 93 over ST 16 MYST VAL PKY · built 1960 | 182,420 vehicles a day |
| I 95 ST128 over HWY QUINOBEQUIN RD · built 1950 | 142,579 vehicles a day |
| I 90 over RR CSX · built 1957 | 114,872 vehicles a day |
| ST 9 BOYLSTON ST over TR GREEN LINE D · built 1905 | 96,206 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.7 billion of work in Middlesex County in fiscal 2025, about $1,675 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
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