Housatonic’s public schools score below 56% of Massachusetts districts
The public schools Housatonic’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation.
How Housatonic compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Massachusetts’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Massachusetts only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Housatonic.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Close to the state in reading
Housatonic vs. its neighbors
Housatonic’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Massachusetts districts.
Every school in Housatonic
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Housatonic families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Housatonic
There’s no college in Housatonic, but 4 are within 30 miles. The closest is Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, 2.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Housatonic. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.