Hopedale

Hopedale, Massachusetts is a small district with just two public schools serving roughly 1,014 students: Memorial, an elementary school for grades K–6 with 558 students, and Hopedale Junior Senior High, which covers grades 7–12 with 456 students. There is no separate middle school and no alternative school listed. The Hopedale district is ranked 122 of 351 districts in Massachusetts, placing it in the 65th percentile with 3 stars.

Memorial is the standout proficiency performer. In 2025–2026 it beat both the district and the state in all three all-grade MCAS subjects: ELA at 46.47% proficient versus 43.17% district and 40.03% state, math at 51.77% versus 47.48% and 41.11%, and science at 59.46% versus 54.55% and 40.98%. Its strongest results come in the upper elementary grades — 5th grade math at 62.50% against 39.50% statewide, 5th grade science at 59.46% against 43.07%, and 6th grade ELA at 55.70% against 40.26%. Its only soft spots are 3rd grade ELA at 42.50%, just under the state's 42.79%, and 3rd grade math at 40.74%, under the state's 42.19%.

Hopedale Junior Senior High is more mixed. Its 10th grade results are excellent — math at 63.93% against 43.73% statewide and ELA at 59.68% against 45.48% — and 8th grade science at 51.11% and Biology at 43.28% also beat the state. But 10th grade science is 32.14%, below the state's 40.50%. The school has a 96.8% graduation rate and a 3.2% dropout rate, and its rank rebounded to 118 of 353 schools (67th percentile, 3 stars) from 155 of 349 (56th percentile), though still below 2023–2024's 80 of 348 (77th percentile, 4 stars). Higher spending ($16,267 vs $15,916) and smaller classes (10.1 vs 12.6 students per teacher) at the high school do not line up with Memorial's stronger scores. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both schools, so economic context cannot be compared.