Petersham
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About Petersham
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesPetersham is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2020 census. Petersham is home to a considerable amount of conservation land, including the Quabbin Reservation, Harvard Forest, the Swift River Reservation, and Federated Women's Club State Forest.
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Housing in Petersham
The typical Petersham home is worth about $485,000, up 2.3% in a year, 27% below the Massachusetts typical home.
Schools in Petersham
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The public schools Petersham’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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