Summary:
Athol-Royalston, MA has one high school in this data set—Athol High—serving grades 9–12 with 417 students in the Athol-Royalston district. Athol High is located at 2363 Main Street, Athol, MA 01331, and has a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 and per-student spending of $17,358 for 2020–2021. The free/reduced-lunch percentage is not available in this extract, so socioeconomic context is unknown.
The school’s standout story is improvement from a low base. Its rank rose from 308th of 348 (11th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 259th of 353 (27th percentile) in 2025–2026—a 49-position and 16-percentile-point gain—though it remains rated 1 star. In 10th grade, proficiency increased in all three reported subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA from 25.32% to 36.05%, math from 20.55% to 31.03%, and science from 20.90% to 26.83%. During that same period, the reported state rates declined in these rows, so the school-to-state gaps narrowed.
Even with progress, Athol High trails the state in every reported assessment. In 2025–2026, the smallest gap was 10th-grade ELA at 9.43 percentage points below state, while the largest was Physics at 38.25 points below state; Biology was 25.68 points below state. The school slightly outperforms its district in most test scores and has a graduation rate of 83.1% vs. the district’s 81.7%, but its dropout rate is 10.2% vs. 10.0%. Science, especially Biology and Physics, and student completion remain the clearest concerns. The most encouraging takeaway is the upward trend; the most urgent is science achievement and dropout.
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