Summary:
ZIP code 01370 (Shelburne Falls) has two schools in the Mohawk Trail district: Buckland-Shelburne Regional (PK–6) and Mohawk Trail Regional School (7–12), with no standalone middle school. The district is ranked 235th of 351, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars. Both schools are below the state in all-grade ELA, Math, and Science, and free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for either, so socioeconomic context is unavailable here.
Mohawk Trail Regional School has the most dramatic rank history: 1 star in 2023–2024, 4 stars in 2024–2025, then 3 stars in 2025–2026. Its upper-grade science results are a bright spot: 10th-grade Science is 50% proficient vs. the state’s 40.5%, and Biology End of Course is 43.33% vs. 37.68%. But its all-grade and middle-grade results are much weaker: All Grades ELA 23.31% vs. state 40.03%, Math 17.78% vs. 41.11%, Science 14.49% vs. 40.98%; 7th ELA 25.76%, 8th Math 17.14%, and 8th Science 14.49%. It reports an 88.1% graduation rate and 4.8% dropout rate. Buckland-Shelburne Regional is more stable, holding 2 stars for three years. Its 6th grade stands out: Math 68.75% vs. state 42.59%, ELA 51.61% vs. 40.26%. Yet 3rd-grade Math is 12.12% vs. 42.19%, 5th-grade Math 14.29% vs. 39.5%, 5th ELA 23.53% vs. 38.15%, and 5th Science 20.59% vs. 43.07%.
Resource differences are notable. Mohawk Trail Regional School spends $26,719 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 9.4, while Buckland-Shelburne Regional spends $22,191 with a ratio of 14.8. Despite that, the high school’s all-grade ELA and Math proficiency is lower than the elementary school’s, though the schools serve different grade levels and test populations. The Mohawk Trail district is below state in all-grade subjects, and the two schools’ 2025–2026 ranks come from different comparison groups, so they should not be read as a direct head-to-head result. The key takeaways for parents are large grade-level swings at both schools and specific strengths in upper-grade science at the high school and 6th grade at the elementary school.
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