Summary:
Zip code 01351 in Montague, Massachusetts contains exactly one public high school — Turners Fall High, serving grades 9–12 with 199 students as part of the Gill-Montague district — so families here have a single school option and no in-zip peer to compare against.
Turners Fall High is a small school with a student-teacher ratio of 8.5 students per teacher in 2024–2025 and per-student spending of $24,269 in 2020–2021. It ranks below most Massachusetts schools: the district is ranked 285th of 351 with 1 star, and the school itself ranked 255th of 353 (28th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from 302nd of 349 (13th percentile) in 2024–2025 but still below its 2023–2024 standing of 214th of 348 (39th percentile, 2 stars). Test scores trail the state in every reported MCAS subject. In 2025–2026, 10th-grade proficiency was 30.43% in English Language Arts versus 45.48% statewide, 33.33% in Mathematics versus 43.73%, and 24.39% in Science versus 40.50%; Biology stood at 0% proficient against 37.68% statewide. Even so, ELA rose from 15.79% and Science from 15.63% the prior year, and Math edged from 31.43% to 33.33%. School results closely mirror district results, and Biology remained at 0% in both reported years, with different grade groupings.
For families, the 2024–2025 graduation rate was 81.6% and the dropout rate 14.3%, which is high in absolute terms; the two are not complementary because they use different cohort and rate definitions. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for 2024–2025, so economic context is unknown, and with only 199 students, year-to-year percentages can swing widely. The takeaway: a small, improving but still low-ranked school with wide proficiency gaps versus the state.
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