Summary:
Hatfield, Massachusetts has just one public high school option: Smith Academy, a combined middle and high school serving grades 6–12 with 109 students in the Hatfield district. Because there is only one school, families can look at its profile in detail: a 6:1 student-teacher ratio, per-student spending of $16,622 (2020–2021), a 90.0% graduation rate and a 10.0% dropout rate for 2024–2025. The free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported in this data, so socioeconomic context is unknown, and spending figures are older than the test-score years.
The standout strengths are concentrated in early middle school and high school science. Biology End of Course reached 61.54% proficient, well above the state's 37.68% and the district's 59.26%. Sixth grade ELA and Mathematics both hit 55% proficient, compared with 40.26% and 42.59% statewide. In 2024–2025, Science All Grades was 50% proficient (state: 41.51%) and 8th grade Civics was 43.75% (state: 39.16%). The school's rank history shows past strength — 33rd of 347, 90th percentile, 5 stars in 2022–2023 — recovering to 92nd of 349, 74th percentile, 4 stars in 2024–2025.
Concerns cluster in later middle school grades. Civics and Mathematics in 8th grade were both 6.25% proficient, far below the state's 39.77% and 41.67%; 7th grade Math was 12% (state: 37.48%); 8th grade Science and ELA were both 18.75%, against 38.93% and 41.70% statewide. Mathematics All Grades was 24.59% and Science All Grades 18.75% in 2025–2026, both well below state levels, while ELA improved from 28.89% to 39.34% year over year. The district is ranked 226 of 351, 36th percentile, 2 stars. With small grade cohorts, single-year swings should be read with caution.
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