Summary:
ZIP code 01072 covers Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and contains exactly one elementary school: Shutesbury Elementary, a small PK–6 school with 125 students in the Shutesbury district. Because it is the only school in the area, there is nothing to compare it against locally — so the most useful context comes from how it stacks up against the district and the state.
On nearly every measure, Shutesbury Elementary performs well above state averages and has held a 4-star rating for three straight reported years. It ranks 47th of 351 districts (87th percentile, 4 stars), and its school rank improved from 195th of 906 in 2024–2025 to 145th of 899 in 2025–2026 — moving from the 78th to the 84th percentile. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency was 64.41% versus 40.03% statewide, math was 61.02% versus 41.11%, and science was 90.91% versus 40.98%. All three subjects improved year over year: ELA +7.03 points, math +2.00 points, and science +15.91 points, while state results were roughly flat.
Two caveats matter for parents. First, the school is very small, with a 6.8 student-teacher ratio (2024–2025), so grade-level percentages swing widely; the one clear below-state result, 5th-grade math at 27.27% against 39.50% statewide, sits in the same small cohort that scored 90.91% in science. Second, reported per-student spending is $25,048 (2020–2021) — a high absolute figure, though no district or state comparison is provided here. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported for 2024–2025, so it should be treated as unavailable rather than as 0%. Overall, this is a strong, improving, small school whose results deserve to be read with an eye on cohort size.
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