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Schools in Erving · Erving School District, Gill-Montague School District in Erving

Erving’s public schools score below 90% of Massachusetts districts on tests and graduation

On the state reading tests, 24% of Erving’s students scored proficient, below the Massachusetts average (44%). The grade covers the public school district serving Erving, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Massachusetts, not nationally.

From Massachusetts state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
24%
▼ 19 pts vs MA 44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
▼ 16 pts vs MA 41%
2021–22
Spent per student
$38.8K
▲ 46% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024 · Erving
Students per teacher
6.1
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
113 students on the public path
In brief

Erving’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 24% of tested students were proficient in reading and 24% in math, against 44% and 41% statewide; 95% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $38,813 per student, against $26,530 across Massachusetts (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Erving’s grade

D Test scores

D: better than 10% of Massachusetts school districts. Test scores are below the Massachusetts average; there is no graduation rate to add.

Massachusetts school districts we grade (394)Better than 10%
Lower resultsHigher results
Massachusetts towns with similar household incomes (165)Better than 11%
Towns in Franklin County (23)Better than 26%
D−C−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 60 test results could put Erving anywhere from D− to C−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 95% of Erving’s students in the tested grades sat them (60 in math, 60 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Erving, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Erving ElementaryErving School DistrictD

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Two districts serve Erving

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–6, Erving School District24%
State average 43.7% · 60 students tested
Math · PK–6, Erving School District24%
State average 40.7% · 60 students tested

Erving vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Erving’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
ErvingDErving PK–6 · Gill-Montague School District in Erving
Wendell—New Salem-Wendell PK–6 · Ralph C. Mahar 7–12
MontagueDGill-Montague
NorthfieldC−Pioneer Valley
GillDGill-Montague
OrangeDOrange PK–6 · Ralph C. Mahar 7–12

Every school in Erving

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Ervingby address

Questions about Erving’s schools

Are Erving’s schools good?

On Massachusetts’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Erving children attend score below 90% of Massachusetts’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 11%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020.

What school district is Erving in?

Erving School District, which runs grades PK–6 and enrolls 113 students in 1 schools (2024–25).

How much does Erving spend per student?

$38,813 in Erving School District (FY2024), against $26,530 across Massachusetts. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.