Summary:
Zip code 01518 (Fiskdale, MA) is home to three public schools, all part of the Tantasqua district: one middle school and two high schools, serving grades 7 through 12 with 1,750 students in total. There are no elementary schools in this zip code, so local families attend a secondary-only system. The three schools are Tantasqua Regional Senior High (632 students), Tantasqua Regional Junior High (576 students), and Tantasqua Regional Vocational (542 students).
The Senior High has the strongest academic profile, ranking 79 of 353 schools (78th percentile, 4 stars) and holding 4 stars for three years running. Its MCAS proficiency is above state in most reported subjects, including 94.44% in Biology End of Course versus 37.68% statewide. The Vocational school stands out for completion: 99.2% graduation and 0.0% dropout, both better than the district's 95.5% and 1.4%, though its academic rank is 197 of 353 (44th percentile, 2 stars). The Junior High has declined, from 75th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–24 to 59th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–26.
Physics is a shared weakness — both high schools scored below the state's 46.58 in 2025–26. The Junior High's ELA and Civics fell below state in 2025–26 after being above state the year before. All three schools share the Tantasqua district rating of 155 of 351 (56th percentile, 3 stars), which masks the gap between the Senior High's 78th percentile and the Vocational school's 44th. Free/reduced lunch data is unavailable for all three, so poverty context is unknown. Per-student spending (2020–21) was $16,553 at the Senior High, $15,515 at the Junior High, and $13,618 at the Vocational school; the Vocational school's reported 66.5 student/teacher ratio is a severe outlier and should be read with caution.
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