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Schools in Plainfield

Plainfield’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% 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
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.4K
▲ 11% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
805 students on the public path
In brief

Plainfield’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Plainfield’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Buckland-Shelburne Regional places highest (better than 47%); Sanderson Academy lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Plainfield, graded from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Mohawk Trail 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 Plainfield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−
7–12Mohawk Trail Regional Schoolin Shelburne FallsC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mohawk Trail 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.

Mohawk Trail School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 805 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$29,406MA $26,530 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 43.7% · 420 students tested
Math31%
State average 40.7% · 418 students tested

Plainfield vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Plainfield—Mohawk Trail
AshfieldC−Mohawk Trail
Windsor—Central Berkshire
Cummington—Central Berkshire
Savoy—Savoy PK–6 · Hoosac Valley School District in Savoy
Hawley—Hawlemont PK–6 · Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns

Every school in Plainfield

4 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 Plainfieldin other towns
Buckland-Shelburne Regional
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shelburne Falls
B−
270 students15:1Rate it →
Sanderson Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Ashfield
C
125 students12:1Rate it →
Colrain Central
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Colrain
C+
94 students10:1Rate it →
Mohawk Trail Regional School
High · Grades 7–12 · Shelburne Falls
C
316 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Plainfield’s schools

Are Plainfield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Plainfield. Mohawk Trail School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Plainfield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Plainfield in?

Mohawk Trail School District.

Where do Plainfield kids go to high school?

Mohawk Trail Regional School.

Parents talk

What Plainfield 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.