Summary:
ZIP code 01331 covers Athol, Massachusetts, and includes three public schools serving PK through grade 12: Athol Community Elementary School (PK–4, 589 students), Athol-Royalston Middle School (5–8, 446 students), and Athol High (9–12, 417 students). All three belong to the Athol-Royalston district, which enrolls 1,452 students and ranks 316 of 351 statewide — the 10th percentile, with 1 star. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any of these schools, and per-student spending figures come from 2020–21, so they are historical context only.
Athol High is the relative standout. It ranks 259 of 353 (27th percentile, 1 star), the highest of the three, and it is the only school whose rank improved: 11th percentile in 2023–24, 13th in 2024–25, and 27th in 2025–26. Its 10th-grade results — ELA 36.05%, math 31.03%, science 26.83% — all exceed district averages, though each remains roughly 9 to 14 points below the state. End-of-course science is weaker, with biology at 12% and physics at 8.33%, the latter 38.25 points below the state.
Athol-Royalston Middle School ranks 371 of 478 (22nd percentile, 1 star) and shows wide grade-level swings: 8th-grade math (33.33%) is the highest math result in the ZIP, while 5th-grade math (6.32%) is the lowest. Athol Community Elementary School is the most challenged, ranking 843 of 899 (6th percentile, 0 stars); its all-grade ELA of 13.64% is 26.39 points below the state and down from 18.78% the prior year. It also has the largest enrollment, the highest student/teacher ratio (13.9), and the highest 2020–21 per-student spending ($17,580).
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