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Schools in Turners Falls

Turners Falls’s public schools

Gill-Montague School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turners Falls. 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 98% 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
28%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
2021–22
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$28.3K
▲ 7% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.4
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
659 students on the public path
In brief

Turners Falls’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Turners Falls’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Turners Fall High places highest (better than 65%); Great Falls Middle lowest (13%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Turners Falls, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Turners Fall High. 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 Turners Falls, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
7–8Great Falls Middlein MontagueD
9–12Turners Fall Highin MontagueB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Gill-Montague 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.

Gill-Montague School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 858 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 9.4 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$28,296MA $26,530 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading28%
State average 43.7% · 460 students tested
Math24%
State average 40.7% · 461 students tested

Turners Falls vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Turners Falls—Gill-Montague
MontagueDGill-Montague
GillDGill-Montague
GreenfieldD−Greenfield

2 of the 3 neighbors share Gill-Montague with Turners Falls, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Turners Falls

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 Turners Fallsin other towns
Hillcrest Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Turners Fall
122 students9:1Rate it →
Gill Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Gill
C+
110 students11:1Rate it →
Great Falls Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Montague
D
228 students10:1Rate it →
Turners Fall High
High · Grades 9–12 · Montague
B+
199 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Turners Falls’s schools

Are Turners Falls’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Turners Falls. Gill-Montague School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turners Falls. 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 Turners Falls in?

Gill-Montague School District.

Where do Turners Falls kids go to high school?

Turners Fall High.

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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.