Hadley

Hadley, MA is a small two-school district serving about 518 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade, with Hadley Elementary covering PK–6 and Hopkins Academy covering grades 7–12, so there is no standalone middle school. The Hadley district ranks 172 of 351 statewide, at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, but that mid-pack rating hides a sharp split between its two schools.

Hadley Elementary is the clear academic standout, with 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency above both district and state in every subject: ELA 49.34% vs the state's 40.03%, Math 51.66% vs 41.11%, and Science 64.44% vs 40.98%. Its science result is 23.46 points above the state, and grades 5 and 6 are especially strong, including 5th grade Science at 64.44% and 6th grade ELA at 58.62%. Its rank percentile has climbed from 62 to 70 over three years. The main soft spot is 3rd grade ELA at 40.48%, slightly under the state's 42.79%.

Hopkins Academy has a mixed profile: a 92.9% graduation rate, a 2.4% dropout rate, and a low student-teacher ratio of 7.3, plus strong 10th grade ELA (57.14%) and Math (55%). But its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is below state in every subject — ELA 35.21%, Math 28.36%, Science 31.25% — and its percentile fell from 79 to 57, with its star rating dropping from 4 to 3. Eighth grade is a clear pressure point (ELA 18.75%, Math 26.67%, Civics 28.13%), and 10th grade Science is just 15%. Resources do not obviously explain the gap: spending is nearly identical ($17,115 vs $17,223), though that figure is from 2020–2021 and free/reduced-lunch data is blank.