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Whately School District

Public school districtGrades PK–6

Serves Whately.

Whately’s School Grade B better than 59% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
133
Schools
1
Spent per student
$24,680
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
8:1
The gist

What stands out about Whately School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 94% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 34 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 11 pts above the state
  • Spends 7% less per student than the MA average
  • 8 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 14.7% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 94% 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
A
The town it serves, and its School Grade
BWhately 1,622

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Whately. Grade by grade →

PK–6Whately ElementaryThis district
7–12Frontier RegionalFrontier School District

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22
Math proficiency70–79%
State average 40.7% · 58 students tested
Reading / language arts50–59%
State average 43.7% · 58 students tested

95% 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
$24,680 per student · 7% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 43%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 53%State 34%Federal 14%

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

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

Enrollment over time
116’20
121’21
128’22
125’23
133’24

Up 14.7% since 2020–21.

Students
White 94%Hispanic 4%Two or more races 2%Black <1%

Schools in the district

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

Whately Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Whately
B+
133 students8:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Frontier School DistrictConway, Deerfield, Sunderland
$23,593per student
Conway School DistrictConway
$25,056per student
Deerfield School DistrictDeerfield
$25,751per student
Hampshire School DistrictWilliamsburg
$23,904per student

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.