Summary:
ZIP code 01562 covers Spencer, MA, and is served by three public schools in the Spencer-E Brookfield district — Wire Village School (K–4), Knox Trail Middle School (5–8), and David Prouty High (9–12) — together enrolling 1,151 students, so families can attend every grade level without leaving the district. The district is ranked 279th of 351 in Massachusetts, placing it in the 21st percentile with a 1-star rating, which sets the context: most results here trail the state, but not all of them.
David Prouty High is the standout. It is the only 2-star school in the ZIP code, sitting at the 42nd percentile in 2025–2026 and improving steadily in rank over three years. Its 10th-grade ELA proficiency of 59.62% is the strongest result in the area — above the district (54.24%) and well above the state (45.48%). Math (38.46%) and science (24.00%) lag the state but edge out the district. It also has the smallest classes (student-teacher ratio 9.9) and the highest per-student spending ($17,944). However, its graduation rate of 77.0% and dropout rate of 12.2% show that strong ELA scores do not guarantee strong outcomes everywhere.
The other two schools are comparative weak spots. Wire Village School ranks 763rd of 899 (15th percentile, 1 star), with ELA (24.29%) and math (22.03%) just above district averages but roughly 16–19 points below the state. Knox Trail Middle School has the weakest profile: ELA 21.45%, math 18.60%, and science 20.11%, all below both district and state, with grade 5 results especially low (10.96% ELA, 8.22% math). Its grade 8 does outperform the district in several subjects, so results vary a lot by grade. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is missing for all three schools.
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