Summary:
Zip code 01060 covers Northampton, Massachusetts and contains four schools — two elementary schools and two high schools, with no middle school — enrolling about 2,022 students total across the Northampton district and the Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural district.
Northampton High is the standout: in 2025–2026 it ranked 32 of 353 high schools, 91st percentile, 5 stars, up from 85 of 348 in 2023–2024. It beats state proficiency by roughly 23 points in English language arts, 31 in math, 37 in science, and 34 in biology. Smith Vocational and Agricultural High is the opposite story on tests — below state in every reported subject, including physics at 9.43% — yet it posts the zip's best completion numbers, with a 96.6% graduation rate, a 1.4% dropout rate, and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 9.0. The two high schools differ by about 51 points in ELA, 51 in math, and 61 in science, but vocational schools serve different missions, so test scores are not the whole measure.
Among elementaries, Jackson Street (263 of 899, 71st percentile, 4 stars) outperforms district and state in all-grade ELA, math, and science, while Bridge Street (668 of 899, 26th percentile, 1 star) falls below both in all three — gaps of 21.54 points in ELA, 24.17 in math, and 39.15 in science. Notably, Smith Vocational spends the most per student ($23,303) with the smallest classes yet the lowest proficiency, while Northampton High spends the least ($15,618) with the largest classes and the highest proficiency. The district's overall 3-star, 60th-percentile rating masks these wide internal differences, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all four schools, so economic context cannot be assessed.
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