Summary:
ZIP code 01075, which covers South Hadley, Massachusetts, lists two high schools: South Hadley High, a public district school serving grades 9–12 with 479 students, and Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School, a charter public school serving grades 7–12 with 397 students. South Hadley High belongs to the South Hadley district, while PVPA is its own district, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District).
The latest school rankings show a shift. In 2023–24 and 2024–25, South Hadley High ranked higher, but in 2025–26 PVPA moved ahead (164/353, 54th percentile, 3 stars) compared with South Hadley High (180/353, 49th percentile, 2 stars). Their academic strengths differ by subject. In 2025–26, PVPA scored higher in 10th-grade ELA (47.37% proficient vs. 41.35%) and 10th-grade Science (41.46% vs. 30.10%), while South Hadley High scored higher in 10th-grade Math (42.06% vs. 38.89%) and Biology End-of-Course (43.48% vs. 36.73%). South Hadley High’s 10th-grade results fell sharply from the prior year — ELA down 7.84 points, Math down 9.58, and Science down 17.36.
PVPA’s clearest weakness is math, especially in middle grades: its 2025–26 All Grades Math was 23.88% versus the state’s 41.11%, and 8th-grade Math was 18.46% versus 41.67%. Its bright spot was 8th-grade Civics, which rose from 25.37% to 40.00%. On other measures, PVPA has the higher graduation rate (94.2% vs. 93.2%) but also the higher dropout rate (4.3% vs. 3.0%); South Hadley High has the lower student-teacher ratio (8.5 vs. 9.3) and lower per-pupil spending ($15,678 vs. $17,973 in 2020–21). Because PVPA includes grades 7–8, enrollment and All Grades scores are only partly comparable, and free/reduced lunch data are not reported for either school.
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