Summary:
ZIP code 01007 covers Belchertown, Massachusetts, and is served by two middle-level schools in the Belchertown district: Chestnut Hill Community School, which enrolls 494 students in grades 4–6, and Jabish Middle School, which enrolls 343 students in grades 7–8 — 837 students in total. Because the two schools cover different grade bands, their "all grades" figures are not comparisons of the same grade levels.
English Language Arts is the shared strength of the area. Chestnut Hill's all-grade ELA proficiency is 49.68% and Jabish's is 49.52%, both roughly 9.5 points above the state's 40.03%. Chestnut Hill's standout is grade 6 ELA at 62.25% proficient — the highest single subject-grade result in the data and 21.99 points above the state. Grade 4 ELA is also strong at 51.57%, while grade 5 ELA sits at 35.48%, slightly below state. The picture flips in math and science: Chestnut Hill's all-grade math is 34.69% and its science is 33.12%, both below district and state levels.
Jabish is the steadier performer across subjects. It has held a 3-star rating and a 61st–65th percentile position for three years, ranking 168 of 478 in 2025–26. Its science is 42.57%, above the state's 40.98%; math is 39.87%, just 1.24 points below state; and ELA is above state at both grades 7 and 8. Grade 8 civics, at 36.31%, is a relative weak spot, below both district and state. Free/reduced lunch percentages are not reported for either school, so they are unknown rather than zero.
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