Petersham

Petersham, Massachusetts has a single elementary school, Petersham Center Elementary School, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 126 students. While the school's academic performance on MCAS assessments is mixed compared to state averages, with stronger results in English Language Arts but weaker performance in Mathematics and Science, its overall ranking and rating have declined over the past three school years.

Petersham Center Elementary School's proficiency rates on the MCAS Next Generation assessments in the 2023-2024 school year were 50% in English Language Arts, 30.26% in Mathematics, and 46.15% in Science, compared to state averages of 39.17%, 40.91%, and 41.95% respectively. However, the school's statewide ranking has dropped from 624 out of 932 Massachusetts elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 460 out of 916 in 2023-2024, and its SchoolDigger rating has declined from 2 out of 5 stars to 3 out of 5 stars over the same period.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $18,199 in the 2020-2021 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 13.2 to 1 in 2022-2023, the data suggests Petersham Center Elementary School may be facing challenges in maintaining its academic performance and competitiveness compared to other schools in Petersham. Further investigation into the school's strategies, resource allocation, and efforts to support student learning could provide more insights into how to improve the school's outcomes.