Summary:
ZIP code 01035 in Hadley, Massachusetts is served by a single elementary school: Hadley Elementary, a PK–6 school at 21 River Drive with 315 students, part of the Hadley district, which ranks 172 of 351 districts statewide at the 51st percentile with 3 stars. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, there is no local peer comparison to make; the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Hadley Elementary generally performs above both. In 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation results, the school was above the state in 11 of 12 grade-and-subject rows. Science is the clearest strength at 64.44% proficient — 23.46 points above the state and 13.22 points above the district. Upper grades are especially strong: 5th grade ELA at 55.56% (17.41 points above state), 6th grade ELA at 58.62% (18.36 above), 5th grade math at 57.78% (18.28 above), and 6th grade math at 53.57% (10.98 above). The main weak spot is 3rd grade ELA at 40.48%, slightly below the state's 42.79%, while 4th grade math is only 1.24 points above state.
Science also improved the most year over year, rising 11.11 points from 53.33% to 64.44% while both district and state science declined. Aggregate ELA fell 4.25 points and math fell 0.97 points, but both drops were smaller than the district's, and the school remains above district and state averages. Its statewide rank climbed from 352 of 916 in 2023–2024 to 272 of 899 in 2025–2026 — an 80-position gain. Parents should note some missing context: the free/reduced-lunch percentage is blank, per-student spending is $17,223 from 2020–2021 with no comparison offered, and the 11.9 student-teacher ratio has no benchmark in this record.
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