Summary:
ZIP code 01376 covers Turners Falls, Massachusetts, and contains exactly one high school — Franklin County Technical, a regional vocational-technical school serving grades 9–12 with 643 students, and the only school in the Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical district, so there are no local peer schools to compare it against.
The school's profile splits in two directions. On completion, it looks strong: a 93.8% graduation rate in 2024–2025, with a 5.6% annual dropout rate. On measured achievement, it ranks 309 of 351 districts statewide — the 12th percentile, or 1 star — and proficiency in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Physics all sits more than 20 percentage points below the state average. The gap varies a lot by subject: Biology is the clear bright spot at 33.72% proficient against a state figure of 37.68%, which is about 90% of the state level. Physics is the opposite extreme at 20.93% versus 46.58% state — roughly 45% of state performance, the widest divergence in the data. Science (10th grade) reaches 68% of state, Mathematics 55%, and ELA 47%. The school spends $25,298 per pupil (2020–2021 data), well above a typical comprehensive high school, and has a student–teacher ratio of 11.7.
Looking at change over time, there is one real improvement and one serious warning sign. Between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, 10th-grade Science rose 6.63 points while the state fell 5.39 — narrowing that gap by 12 points — and the school's rank recovered 9 positions (277 to 268). But 10th-grade ELA dropped 12.38 points against a smaller state decline, widening the gap by 7.2 points, and Mathematics stayed essentially flat. The school still sits 52 rank positions below its 2023–2024 peak. Biology and Physics cannot be trended because the two years use different reporting groups. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so the socioeconomic context is unknown.
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