Whately

Whately is a one-school district: the only public school in this data set is Whately Elementary, serving grades PK–6 to 133 students, with no middle, high, or alternative schools reported for the area, so all analysis of Whately reflects this single school.

Academically, Science is the clearest strength. In 2025–2026, all-grade Science proficiency was 64.71% versus the state's 40.98%, and 5th-grade Science was also 64.71% against 43.07% statewide. Other bright spots that year included 5th-grade Mathematics at 58.82% (state: 39.50%) and 6th-grade ELA at 55.56% (state: 40.26%). Results were more uneven elsewhere: 4th-grade ELA was 26.67% versus 37.43% statewide, and 3rd-grade Math was 31.58% versus 42.19%. All-grade ELA (41.18%) and Mathematics (42.03%) finished only slightly above the state in 2025–2026, after a much stronger 2024–2025 in which ELA reached 52.46% and Math 59.02%. With only 133 students, individual grade results can swing widely from small cohort sizes.

The school has earned 3 stars in each of the last three years, ranking 303 of 906 (67th percentile) in 2024–2025, 407 of 899 (55th percentile) in 2025–2026, and 423 of 916 (54th percentile) in 2023–2024. The district rating is 2 stars and 47th percentile — 185 of 351 — reflecting a different methodology rather than a comparison among schools. The student-teacher ratio is a low 8.2, and per-student spending was $22,207 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unavailable. Overall, families get a small PK–6 school with stable above-median rankings and standout Science performance.