Easthampton

Schools in Easthampton, Massachusetts include two schools serving the Easthampton district: Mountain View School, a PK–8 elementary school with 991 students, and Easthampton High, a grades 9–12 high school with 377 students, together enrolling 1,368 students. The district ranks 201 of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars, but that average hides two schools moving in different directions: the high school is improving fast, while the larger PK–8 school remains below the state average in most all-grade measures.

Easthampton High is the standout. It climbed from 254 of 348 (27th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 115 of 353 (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. Its 2025–2026 results beat the state in 10th-grade ELA (48.84% vs. 45.48%), science (54.22% vs. 40.50%), Biology (52.73% vs. 37.68%) and Physics (50% vs. 46.58%); 10th-grade math was 44.19% vs. the state's 43.73%. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, 10th-grade ELA rose 8.18 points, math 7.83 points and science 17.75 points, while state scores in those subjects slipped. The school also reports a 94.9% graduation rate, a 3.0% dropout rate and a 9.8 student–teacher ratio.

Mountain View School is larger and more uneven. Its 2025–2026 all-grade ELA is 31.38% vs. the state's 40.03%, with math at 39.41% and science at 39.62%. Grades 6–8 ELA falls to 25.74–27.03%, roughly 13–15 points below state, and 8th-grade Civics is 28.87% vs. 39.77%. Bright spots include 8th-grade math at 48.98% — the highest math score in this data set — 8th-grade science at 41.84% vs. 38.93%, 3rd-grade math at 46.94% vs. 42.19%, and 3rd-grade ELA at 43.88% vs. 42.79%. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, and spending is reported only for Easthampton High, at $15,102 per student in 2020–2021.