Summary:
Schools in Mohawk Trail serve about 805 students across four schools: three elementary schools covering PK–6 and one high school covering grades 7–12, with no middle school and no alternative school. The district is rated 2 stars, ranks 235 of 351 districts, and sits below the state in all three core subjects — ELA at 31.40% versus 40.03%, math at 30.52% versus 41.11%, and science at 21.54% versus 40.98%, the widest gap being science.
Sanderson Academy is the standout: it is the only school above the state in math and science and slightly above in ELA, with 56.25% proficient in math, about 15 points above the state and 25.7 points above the district, and its rank improved from 459/916 to 349/899 while holding 3 stars. Mohawk Trail Regional School is more mixed: all-grade scores are low (23.31% ELA, 17.78% math, 14.49% science), but 10th grade science is 50% and Biology 43.33%, both above state, alongside an 88.1% graduation rate and 4.8% dropout rate. Colrain Central, the smallest at 94 students, has the highest per-student spending ($31,395) and lowest student-teacher ratio (9.9), scores above the district but below the state, and improved from 1 star to 2 stars. Buckland-Shelburne Regional, the largest elementary at 270 students, is above the district in ELA and math, slightly below in science, and steady at 2 stars.
Two grade-level patterns stand out: sixth grade is a district-wide strength in math and ELA (district 6th math 71.93% versus state 42.59%), while early-grade math lags (3rd grade 24.56% versus 42.19%; 5th grade 18.03% versus 39.50%). Spending and staffing show no simple relationship with performance, and those figures come from different years, so interpret them cautiously. High school and elementary schools are also ranked in different pools, so ranks are not directly comparable.
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