Chicopee

Chicopee has 14 schools serving 6,533 students — nine elementary schools, two middle schools, and three high schools, including Chicopee Academy, which serves grades 6–12 — and the Chicopee district ranks 283rd out of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 19th percentile with 1 star.

Among elementary schools, Bowie is the standout: 54th percentile, 3 stars, and the only Chicopee school above the state in ELA (43.55%) and science (56.86%), though its math (36.89%) is below the state's 41.11%. Gen John J Stefanik also beats the state in science at 48.33%, and Lambert-Lavoie is the only school above state math at 43.24%. At the middle level, Bellamy Middle (34th percentile, 2 stars) outperforms Dupont Middle (29th percentile, 1 star) in every core subject. Among high schools, Chicopee Comprehensive High School clearly outpaces Chicopee High, with higher graduation (93.7% vs 85.7%) and lower dropout (4.2% vs 12.2%) rates.

The weakest results matter just as much. Fairview Elementary sits at the 8th percentile with 0 stars, and its math score of 13.19% is the lowest among tested elementary schools. Chicopee Academy is a small outlier — 92 students, $49,448 per student, 4.3 students per teacher — with the lowest outcomes and a 33.3% dropout rate. No school is above state averages in all three core subjects, and no middle or high school beats the state in any core subject. Spending shows no simple relationship with results: Fairview has the second-highest per-student spending yet the lowest elementary outcomes, while Bowie sits near the middle. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, so economic context could not be analyzed.