Summary:
ZIP code 01075 covers South Hadley, Massachusetts, and contains just one middle school: Michael E. Smith Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 with 505 students, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2 students per teacher (2024–2025), and per-pupil spending of $14,481 (2020–2021). It belongs to the South Hadley district, which ranks 243 of 351 in Massachusetts — the 31st percentile, 2 stars — so parents should read school results alongside that district context.
Strengths are concentrated in English and science. In 2025–2026, 8th grade ELA reached 43.4% proficient, above both the South Hadley district (41.44%) and the state (41.7%) — the only 2025–2026 school result in the data that exceeds the state average. Science is the closest subject to state performance overall: 38.94% versus the district's 38.14% and the state's 40.98%, with 5th grade science at 42.72%, essentially level with the state's 43.07%. In 2024–2025, 8th grade Civics was a clear standout at 46.61%, well above the state's 39.16%.
Mathematics is the clearest weakness. All-grade math was 24.77% in 2025–2026, below the district (27.06%) and more than 16 points under the state (41.11%), with 8th grade math at 21.9% against the state's 41.67% and 5th grade math at 23.08% against 39.5%. ELA in grades 5 through 7 also trailed the state, and the school's relative rank slipped from the 56th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 and 2023–2024 to the 42nd percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. Civics fell to 34.29% in 2025–2026, below the state's 39.77%. Note that the free/reduced lunch percentage is blank in this file, so no socioeconomic analysis is possible, and single-year changes may reflect different student cohorts rather than the same students' growth.
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