Best Public Schools in Chesterfield, MA

Summary:

The city of Chesterfield, Massachusetts has only one public elementary school, New Hingham Regional Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 145 students. The school is part of the Chesterfield-Goshen district, which is ranked 262 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Hingham Regional Elementary's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 381 out of 932 elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 564 out of 916 in 2023-2024. Its SchoolDigger rating has also dropped from 3 stars to 2 stars during this period. The school's academic performance is mixed, with some grade levels performing above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, while others are significantly below. The school's science proficiency rate of 25% in 2023-2024 is notably lower than the state average of 41.95%.

Despite the school's academic performance challenges, it has a relatively high per-student spending of $23,721 for the 2020-2021 school year, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a small student-teacher ratio of 8.1 to 1 in 2022-2023. These factors suggest the need for a closer examination of how resources are being utilized to support student learning and address the areas of underperformance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2024)					MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2024)					MCAS Next Generation Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Hingham Regional Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	30 Smith Rd	Chesterfield	01012	Hampshire County	Chesterfield-Goshen	No	No	No	No	(413) 296-0000	145	18	8.1		139 (95.9%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	39.4	564^th of 916 public elementary schools	38.4%		51.2	463^rd of 928 public elementary schools	50.1%	101	41.7	29.4	12.5	26.7	26.7	25.0	58.8	31.3	60.0	45.0	25.0	25.0	$23,721	$678	$23,043

Cities Near Chesterfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Williamsburg	5.28 mi	1	72^nd
Worthington	5.39 mi	1	317^th
Cummington	5.7 mi	1
Westhampton	5.97 mi	2	137^th
Leeds	7.36 mi	1	246^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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