Summary:
ZIP code 01007 contains exactly one high school — Belchertown High, serving grades 9–12 with 573 students in the Belchertown district. Because it is the only high school in the area, this is a single-school profile rather than a comparison among local schools; the most useful benchmarks are the district and Massachusetts state averages.
Belchertown High has been rising in the state rankings. It moved from 107th of 348 schools in 2023–2024 to 73rd of 349 in 2024–2025 and then to 52nd of 353 in 2025–2026 — a gain of 55 places. Over the same span it climbed from the 69th percentile with 3 stars to the 85th percentile with 4 stars. Its MCAS Next Generation proficiency is above the state in every reported subject and year. Science and biology are the standout areas: in 2025–2026, Science was 67.94% proficient against a state figure of 40.50%, and Biology End of Course was 67.16% against 37.68%. Mathematics is comparatively the weakest area, at 58.09% in 2025–2026 versus 43.73% statewide, but it is still above both the district and the state.
Other indicators show a mostly positive picture. The graduation rate is 89.7% and the dropout rate is 7.5% for 2024–2025 — identical to the district's figures, which suggests the high school's numbers also serve as the district high-school numbers. The student-teacher ratio is 11.9 students per teacher, roughly 48 teachers for 573 students. Per-student spending is listed at $14,538, but that figure is from 2020–2021 and is too dated to judge current spending. Free/reduced-lunch data is missing, not zero, so socioeconomic context is limited.
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