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Schools in Middlefield

Middlefield’s public schools

Gateway School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Middlefield. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.1K
▲ 2% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.7
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
707 students on the public path
In brief

Middlefield’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Middlefield’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Gateway Regional School places highest (better than 76%); Chester Elementary lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Middlefield, graded from C to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Gateway Regional School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Middlefield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC
6–12Gateway Regional Schoolin HuntingtonA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gateway School District.

The district

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

Gateway School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 707 students, up 13% since 2020–21 · 8.7 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$27,138MA $26,530 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 43.7% · 416 students tested
Math32%
State average 40.7% · 414 students tested

Middlefield vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Middlefield—Gateway
BecketB−Central Berkshire
WorthingtonCWorthington
Peru—Central Berkshire
ChesterC−Gateway
Washington—Central Berkshire

Every school in Middlefield

3 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).

Also serving Middlefieldin other towns
Littleville Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Huntington
C
260 students10:1Rate it →
Chester Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Chester
C
114 students9:1Rate it →
Gateway Regional School
High · Grades 6–12 · Huntington
A−
333 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Middlefield’s schools

Are Middlefield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Middlefield. Gateway School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Middlefield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Middlefield in?

Gateway School District.

Where do Middlefield kids go to high school?

Gateway Regional School.

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What Middlefield families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) 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). Stars are from neighbors.