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Tantasqua School District

Public school districtGrades 7–12Regional · 5 towns

Serves Sturbridge, Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland and Wales.

Sturbridge’s School Grade B better than 60% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
1,750
Schools
3
Spent per student
$18,951
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
9:1
The gist

What stands out about Tantasqua School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 59% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 11 pts above the state
  • Spends 29% less per student than the MA average
  • 9 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 59% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
C
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Sturbridge. Grade by grade →

PK–6Burgess ElementarySturbridge School District
7–8Tantasqua Regional Jr HighThis district
9–12Tantasqua Regional Sr HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency52%
State average 40.7% · 880 students tested
Reading / language arts48%
State average 43.7% · 881 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)92%
State average 89.2% · 294 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$18,951 per student · 29% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 64%Support & administration 36%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 50%State 43%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,771’20
1,789’21
1,752’22
1,759’23
1,750’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 85%Hispanic 8%Two or more races 4%Asian 2%Black 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.