Chesterfield-Goshen

Chesterfield-Goshen, MA has one public school, New Hingham Regional Elementary, serving grades PK–6 with 126 students in the Chesterfield-Goshen district, and the area summary lists 1 elementary school, 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools. Because the district has only one school, every district-level test score is identical to the school’s scores. The school’s profile is mixed, with a 2-star, 32nd-percentile overall district rank of 240 out of 351. Its strongest recent ranking year was 2024–2025 (392 of 906, 57th percentile, 3 stars), while 2025–2026 is weaker (521 of 899, 42nd percentile, 2 stars) but still above its 2023–2024 percentile (564 of 916, 38th percentile, 2 stars).

Math is the relative strength, especially in upper grades. In 2025–2026, 6th grade math was 68.42% proficient versus the state’s 42.59% — 25.83 points higher — and 5th grade math was 42.86% versus 39.50%. All-grade math was 41.18%, essentially even with the state (41.11%) after being 10.01 points above state in 2024–2025 (50.75% vs. 40.74%). ELA and science are weaker in 2025–2026: all-grade ELA was 32.35% versus 40.03% state (−7.68 points), and all-grade science was 35.71% versus 40.98% (−5.27 points). The largest single deficit is 3rd grade ELA at 15.38% versus 42.79% state (−27.41 points), followed by 3rd grade math (23.08% vs. 42.19%) and 4th grade math (27.27% vs. 43.20%). Proficiency generally rises from lower to upper grades in both ELA and math, suggesting the lower grades are currently the weakest part of the tested profile.

All-grade proficiency dropped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in every subject: ELA fell 7.95 points, math fell 9.57 points, and science fell 14.29 points. The school reports a student–teacher ratio of 8.7 and per-student spending of $23,721 in 2020–2021; the free/reduced lunch figure is not reported. With only 126 students in PK–6, tested grade-level cohorts are small, so a handful of students can cause large percentage swings, and year-to-year changes should be interpreted cautiously. The key question is whether 2024–2025 was a high point or whether 2025–2026 reflects a temporary cohort-driven dip. Parents should note the meaningful math strengths in 5th and 6th grade and the significant ELA and science weaknesses in 2025–2026, particularly in 3rd grade.