Summary:
Zip code 01368 is served by a single public elementary school, Royalston Community School, a PK–6 school with 152 students in the Athol-Royalston district, so it is automatically the only option for local families and the natural reference point for any comparison.
Because there is no other school in the zip code to compare against, the most useful comparison is with the district and the state. Royalston Community School outperforms the Athol-Royalston district in ELA, math, and science in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Science is the standout: all-grade proficiency was 50% in 2025–2026 (district 16.82%, state 40.98%) and 47.37% in 2024–2025 (district 15.53%, state 41.51%). Grade 4 math (47.62%) and grade 6 ELA (43.75%) also came in above state levels. All-grade ELA and math, however, remain below state averages — 27.14% in ELA and 30.00% in math for 2025–2026 — and both sit about 11 to 13 points behind the state, so the school is a strong district performer but not yet a state performer in those two subjects.
Results vary widely by grade and subject. In 2025–2026, math ranged from 5.88% in 3rd grade to 47.62% in 4th grade, and ELA from 12.50% in 5th grade to 43.75% in 6th grade. Year over year, math rose from 28.17% to 30.00% and science from 47.37% to 50.00%, while ELA slipped from 29.58% to 27.14%. The school holds 2 stars with a rank of 594 of 899 (34th percentile) in 2025–2026, compared with a district rank of 316 of 351 (1 star). Student-teacher ratio is 12.3, and per-student spending was $17,390 in 2020–2021. With only 152 students across PK–6, individual grade results can swing sharply and should be read as directional.
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