Summary:
The Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural district in Massachusetts contains exactly one listed school: Smith Vocational and Agricultural High, a high school serving grades 9–12 with 587 students, located at 80 Locust Street in Northampton, MA. Because this is a single-school district, there is no second school in the area to compare it against; instead, its results are best measured against Massachusetts state averages and its own prior years.
Its clearest strengths are completion and staffing. The graduation rate is 96.6% and the dropout rate is 1.4% for 2024–2025, strong indicators that students who enter the school finish it. The student-teacher ratio is 9:1 in 2024–2025, which is relatively low and suggests more individual attention per student. Per-student spending is reported at $23,303 for 2020–2021, though that is the only spending year provided and is older than the other metrics. The free/reduced lunch value is blank, so it should be treated as unknown rather than as a strength or a weakness.
The main challenge is academic proficiency on state tests. MCAS Next Generation proficiency is below the state average in every reported subject. In 2025–2026, physics is the widest gap: 9.43% proficient at the school versus 46.58% statewide. Mathematics is comparatively stronger at 23.81% versus 43.73%, and that gap narrowed slightly from the prior year. Tenth-grade science fell from 25.52% to 16.91%, while ELA slipped from 19.59% to 17.57% — though the state fell further, so that gap narrowed. Ranking reflects these results: the listed district rank is 334 of 351, at the 5th percentile with 0 stars, and the school's own rank history sits in the bottom tier (300 of 353, 15th percentile, 1 star in 2025–2026). In short, this is a school with strong completion outcomes and significant proficiency gaps relative to the state.
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