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Schools in Turners Falls · Gill-Montague School District

Turners Falls’s public schools score below 88% of Massachusetts districts

The public schools Turners Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

23%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
31%
▼ 18 pts vs MA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
▼ 19 pts vs MA 36%
2020–21
Graduate on time
74%
▼ 15 pts vs MA 89%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$28.3K
▲ 7% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade

How Turners Falls compares

D Test scoresD Graduation
Massachusetts school districts we grade (397)Better than 12%
Lower resultsHigher results
Massachusetts towns with similar household incomes (40)Better than 23%
Good confidence. Built on 405 tested students and a graduating class of 58; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
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 Turners Falls.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your address
62 middle schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Great Falls Middlein Montague
9–12Turners Fall Highin Montague

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 48.5%
Math17%
State average 36%

Turners Falls vs. its neighbors

Turners Falls’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Massachusetts districts.

Every school in Turners Falls

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Turners Falls

There’s no college in Turners Falls, but 15 are within 30 miles. The closest is Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, 3.8 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Turners Falls. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 5 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 and graduation rates, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.

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