Summary:
ZIP code 01225 covers Cheshire, Massachusetts, and contains two public schools, both part of the Hoosac Valley Regional district: Hoosac Valley Middle School, serving grades 4–7 with 304 students, and Hoosac Valley High School, serving grades 8–12 with 296 students. There are no elementary or alternative schools listed in this ZIP, so younger children are likely served outside the area. The district overall ranks 302 of 351 districts statewide, at the 14th percentile with 1 star, which sets a low baseline for both schools.
The two schools have noticeably different subject strengths. The middle school's science results — 50.88% proficient — beat both the district (34.53%) and the state (40.98%), making science the clearest bright spot in the ZIP. The high school outperforms the middle school in ELA (28.95% vs. 23.10%) and math (23.68% vs. 17.94%), but its science sits at 20.55%, more than 30 percentage points below the middle school. Math is the weakest area across both schools, well under the statewide 41.11%; at the middle school, 4th-grade math is 10% and 5th-grade math is 13.79%.
The high school's biggest story is improvement: ELA rose from 7.79% to 28.95%, math from 4.11% to 23.68%, and science from 6.67% to 20.55% from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with its rank moving from the 15th to the 21st percentile — still 1 star and below state averages in every major subject. The middle school ranks 326 of 478 (32nd percentile, 2 stars), after improving and then slipping slightly. The high school reports an 86% graduation rate and a 14% dropout rate. Per-student spending is about $17,802 at the middle school and $18,920 at the high school (2020–2021 data).
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