Shelburne Falls’s public schools score below 77% of Massachusetts districts
The public schools Shelburne Falls’s kids attend trail 77% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Shelburne Falls’s schools, in brief
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all Massachusetts districts, Shelburne Falls beats only 23%. Against the 152 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 35%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
The gap is biggest in math
Reading proficiency is 45%, 4 points below the state. Math is 25%, 11 points below the state. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With three elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Mohawk Trail Regional School. Buckland and Shelburne send their kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓
The strongest schools in the area
Shelburne Falls outscores all three towns that border it. The lowest nearby is Charlemont (D−). Compare ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Shelburne Falls compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Massachusetts’s state tests against the state average. 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.
- 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 Shelburne Falls.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Below the state in reading
Shelburne Falls vs. its neighbors
Shelburne Falls’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Massachusetts districts.
Every school in Shelburne Falls
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Shelburne Falls families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Shelburne Falls
There’s no college in Shelburne Falls, but 12 are within 30 miles. The closest is Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, 5.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Shelburne Falls. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 2 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.