Summary:
ZIP code 01038 covers Hatfield, Massachusetts, where two schools serve local families through the Hatfield district. Hatfield Elementary enrolls 201 students in grades PK–5, and Smith Academy enrolls 109 students in grades 6–12, so there is no separate middle school — grades 6 through 8 are housed inside Smith Academy. Combined enrollment is 310 students. The district is rated 226th of 351 districts, at the 36th percentile with 2 stars, and free/reduced-lunch percentages are not reported for either school, so economic context is unavailable.
Hatfield Elementary is the steadier performer. Its standout subject is science: 57.14% proficient across all grades versus 41.30% for the district and 40.98% for the state, and 5th grade science is 57.14% against a state figure of 43.07%. ELA is roughly at state level (41.43% versus 40.03%), while math is 38.57% — above the district's 32.37% but below the state's 41.11%. The school's rank has also crept upward, from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd percentile in 2025–2026, with 3 stars in the two most recent years.
Smith Academy is far more uneven. Biology end-of-course results are excellent at 61.54% versus 37.68% statewide, and 6th grade is strong in both ELA (55% vs 40.26%) and math (55% vs 42.59%). But performance drops sharply in grades 7–8: 7th grade math is 12% versus 37.48% statewide, 8th grade math 6.25% versus 41.67%, 8th grade science 18.75% versus 38.93%, and 8th grade civics 6.25% versus 39.77%. Smith Academy also reports a 90.0% graduation rate and a 10.0% dropout rate in 2024–2025. Notably, it has a lower student-teacher ratio (6.0 vs 10.9) and higher per-student spending ($16,622 vs $15,326) than Hatfield Elementary, yet lower all-grade math and science proficiency. With only 109 students across seven grades, grade-level percentages rest on very small groups and can swing widely from year to year.
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