Summary:
Amherst-Pelham, Massachusetts has two secondary schools serving about 1,182 students in grades 7 through 12: Amherst Regional High (grades 9–12, 816 students) and Amherst Regional Middle School (grades 7–8, 366 students). Both belong to the Amherst-Pelham district, which ranks 55th of 351 districts in Massachusetts — the 84th percentile — and earns 4 stars. The data covers secondary grades only, so it does not show the full K–12 pipeline or any alternative schools.
Amherst Regional High is the stronger of the two. In 2025–2026 it ranked 54th of 353 schools (85th percentile, 4 stars), up from 89th of 348 (74th percentile) in 2023–2024 — a steady three-year climb. Its 2025–2026 MCAS results were above state in every subject, with especially wide margins in Biology End of Course (79.69% proficient vs. 37.68% state, +42.01 points), Science 10th grade (65.12% vs. 40.50%), and Mathematics 10th grade (67.18% vs. 43.73%). ELA 10th grade was 58.65% vs. 45.48% state. The high school also reported a 92.5% graduation rate and a 2.5% dropout rate.
Amherst Regional Middle School holds 4 stars and ranked 104th of 478 (78th percentile) in 2025–2026, after 134th of 493 in 2023–2024 and 91st of 484 in 2024–2025. Every reported score beat the state, but math was the narrowest margin: 45.37% in all grades vs. 41.11% state (+4.26 points) and 43.51% in 8th grade vs. 41.67% (+1.84 points). ELA (53.50% vs. 40.03%) and science (54.48% vs. 40.98%) were stronger. Watch year-over-year movement: high school ELA 10th fell 12.52 points, while middle school math fell 6.33 points, science 4.70, and 8th-grade civics 8.95. The middle school has smaller classes (9.2 students per teacher vs. 11.3) and higher 2020–2021 per-student spending ($25,463 vs. $23,640), though that spending figure is not current. Free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported for either school, so economic context is unknown.
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