Summary:
Amherst has three elementary schools — Fort River Elementary, Crocker Farm Elementary, and Wildwood Elementary — serving about 1,038 students, an average of 346 per school. Fort River and Wildwood serve grades K–6, while Crocker Farm serves PK–6. The Amherst district is ranked 119 of 351 statewide, placing it in the 66th percentile with 3 stars, and its 2025–2026 all-grade results beat the state in ELA (52.67% vs 40.03%), math (47.47% vs 41.11%), and science (49.64% vs 40.98%).
Crocker Farm is the strongest overall: the highest 2025–2026 rank (#249 of 899, 72nd percentile, 4 stars — the only 4-star school of the three), the best all-grade ELA (56.8%) and math (49.4%), and above both district and state in every all-grade subject. Wildwood is the science and upper-grade standout, leading all-grade science (57.5%) and 5th-grade ELA (67.5%) and math (62.5%), though its 3rd-grade math (32.69%) and 4th-grade ELA (40.0%) lag. Fort River, the largest school (371 students), is the most uneven — it posts the lowest overall rank (#346 of 899) and the lowest 5th-grade ELA (32.56%) but the top 3rd-grade math (59.57%) and solid 6th-grade ELA (58.18%).
Grade-level scores vary widely: 5th-grade ELA spans 32.56% to 67.5%, and 3rd-grade math spans 32.69% to 59.57%, so school-wide averages hide a lot. Crocker Farm is above district in 6 of 9 grade-level tests, Wildwood in 5, and Fort River in 3; Crocker Farm and Wildwood are each above the state in 8 of 9. Fort River spends the most per student ($29,305 in 2020–2021) but ranks lowest, while Crocker Farm spends the least ($26,368) and ranks highest; student-teacher ratios are nearly identical (9.2–9.7). Free/reduced-lunch data is not available for any of the three schools.
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