Schools in Zip Code 01072

ZIP code 01072 (Shutesbury, Massachusetts) contains exactly one public school — Shutesbury Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 125 students — and no middle, high, or alternative schools, so this area's public school footprint covers the early grades only.

Shutesbury Elementary is a consistently strong performer. It holds a 4-star rating in each of the last three years and ranks 47th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the top ~13% of the state. In 2025-2026 it ranked 145 of 899 schools (84th percentile), its best result in three years after dipping to the 78th percentile in 2024-2025, and it beat the state in 12 of 13 grade-level and subject test cells. Science is the standout at 90.91% proficient, more than double the state rate of 40.98%; ELA (64.41% vs. 40.03%) and math (61.02% vs. 41.11%) also clear the state by wide margins. The school gained in all three subjects year over year while the state was flat or down in two of three. It belongs to the single-school Shutesbury district, so school and district figures are identical.

The lone below-state result is 5th grade mathematics (27.27% vs. 39.50%) — though that same 5th grade class produced the exceptional science result, and its ELA score was well above state. With roughly 9–18 students per grade, each child is worth about 6–11 percentage points, so single-grade scores swing easily; the steadier signals — ELA across all grades, the 4-star rating, the district rank — are more reliable guides. Two caveats: free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unknown, and per-student spending of $25,048 is from 2020-2021 and is directional only. Because there is no middle or high school in this ZIP, the data says nothing about where students go after 6th grade.