Greenfield Middle

Summary:

Greenfield Middle is a public middle school in Greenfield, MA, serving 300 students in grades 5-7. The school's performance lags behind nearby middle schools, with consistently low proficiency rates on state assessments and a declining statewide ranking.

Greenfield Middle's academic performance is a significant concern, with only 22.14% of students proficient or better in ELA and 19.05% in Math, compared to the state averages of 39.17% and 40.91%, respectively. The school's statewide ranking has dropped from 244 out of 441 Massachusetts middle schools in 2014-2015 to 391 out of 493 in 2023-2024, placing it in the bottom 20-25% of schools in the state. This underperformance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as White, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

In comparison, nearby middle schools like Athol-Royalston Middle School, John F. Kennedy Middle School, and Amherst Regional Middle School generally outperform Greenfield Middle, with higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings. For example, Amherst Regional Middle School, which is 15 miles away, ranks in the top 25% of Massachusetts middle schools and has significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA (49.71%) and Math (44.28%) compared to Greenfield Middle.


Detail:

Public 5-7

 195 Federal Street
       Greenfield, MA  01301


(413) 772-1360

District: Greenfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
391st of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,767 Help


Students who attend Greenfield Middle usually attend:

High:    Greenfield High

Feeder schools for Greenfield Middle:

Elementary:    Discovery School at Four Corners
    Federal Street School
    Newton School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.8 Help
Number of students:  300

Racial breakdown:

White:
68.0%
Hispanic:
24.0%
Two or more races:
4.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Greenfield Middle is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2018 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.99. (See more...)
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Compare Details Greenfield Middle ranks worse than 79.3% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.76. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (68%), Hispanic (24%), two or more races (4.3%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Greenfield Middle is 9.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Greenfield Middle is $17,767.
Schooldigger 2018 Rankings:

Greenfield Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenfield Middle 391st of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Greenfield Middle in the ranking list.)

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Greenfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Greenfield 326th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Greenfield Middle

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2008 28.65 707th 908 22.1%
2009 27.79 713th 909 21.6%
2010 32.16 674th 920 26.7%
2011 47.04 549th 924 40.6%
2012 35.19 653rd 930 29.8%
2013 37.13 643rd 928 30.7%
2014 29.86 696th 926 24.8%
2015 38.39 612th 914 33.0%
2016 42.51 573rd 932 38.5%
2017 26.83 721st 938 23.1%
2018 17.99 806th 934 13.7%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Greenfield Middle

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Rank History for all middle school students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 27.86 260th 339 23.3%
2004 31.26 256th 344 25.6%
2005 31.88 265th 356 25.6%
2006 34.19 288th 399 27.8%
2007 30.76 293rd 399 26.6%
2008 25.93 318th 407 21.9%
2009 31.02 300th 409 26.7%
2010 24.33 347th 434 20.0%
2011 27.95 344th 449 23.4%
2012 33.92 321st 455 29.5%
2013 35.70 317th 455 30.3%
2014 33.28 323rd 455 29.0%
2015 46.08 244th 441 44.7%
2016 42.65 280th 482 41.9%
2017 35.69 320th 487 34.3%
2018 23.77 370th 484 23.6%
2019 20.00 405th 498 18.7%
2021 27.38 353rd 501 29.5%
2022 10.16 458th 497 7.8%
2023 17.44 415th 501 17.2%
2024 19.76 391st 493 20.7%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.05 397th 467 15.0%
2019 16.74 439th 484 9.3%
2021 38.51 289th 489 40.9%
2022 11.13 477th 503 5.2%
2023 20.80 405th 444 8.8%
2024 20.90 399th 441 9.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.46 370th 438 15.5%
2019 16.26 408th 452 9.7%
2021 35.74 303rd 462 34.4%
2022 10.59 465th 489 4.9%
2023 14.99 439th 481 8.7%
2024 19.30 409th 469 12.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.27 341st 463 26.3%
2019 22.26 386th 478 19.2%
2021 20.98 387th 483 19.9%
2022 12.38 445th 494 9.9%
2023 18.85 405th 489 17.2%
2024 20.05 385th 481 20.0%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.17 395th 417 5.3%
2019 13.93 417th 424 1.7%
2022 22.00 396th 445 11.0%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.84 383rd 466 17.8%
2019 18.41 398th 478 16.7%
2021 34.75 306th 485 36.9%
2022 8.70 474th 497 4.6%
2023 17.16 412th 489 15.7%
2024 20.60 392nd 483 18.8%
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Rank History for middle school Tested In Person students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 33.56 318th 491 35.2%
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Rank History for middle school Tested Remotely students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.62 284th 339 16.2%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.07 280th 309 9.4%
2019 9.85 316th 322 1.9%
2021 17.90 310th 335 7.5%
2022 15.32 353rd 368 4.1%
2023 30.98 249th 364 31.6%
2024 22.86 316th 378 16.4%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Greenfield Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.05 350th 395 11.4%
2019 13.66 355th 396 10.4%
2021 20.41 331st 401 17.5%
2022 4.66 399th 404 1.2%
2023 6.83 389th 403 3.5%
2024 12.97 359th 392 8.4%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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by a parent
Sunday, October 24, 2010

Open Quote Student to Teachers ratios are not at all accurate & far off from truthful. Overcrowded classrooms of 20-25 students to 1 teacher & over the required MA student to teacher ratio. Teacher qualifications to educate on all subjects are not qualified on every class subject yet left to teach the students on areas they have no qualification for. If information is being filled out by the office & school staff to send to the state on any of this information they are not be truthful. Under-qualified teachers & over-crowded classrooms. Who pays the price or this? The students do when crammed into crowded classrooms & teachers who are not qualified to teach all subjects but maybe one or two & left to educate the children on subjects they were not qualified or educated to teach. School claims they are all Highly Qualified teachers yet can not show or prove this with teacher qualification status when asked. Proof of over crowed classrooms is apparent when visiting. Does this make for good education of the students that attend here. NO! Not by far. Rating says I have to pick 1-5 stars to submit this. THIS SCHOOL DOES NOT EVEN DESERVE 1 STAR. Poor education at it's best you will find here. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Greenfield Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 541 5 5 7 0 n/a n/a 0 558
1989 534 6 8 8 0 n/a n/a 0 556
1990 546 9 6 5 0 n/a n/a 0 566
1991 549 11 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 568
1992 552 9 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 573
1993 550 7 3 18 0 n/a n/a 0 578
1994 567 11 6 17 0 n/a n/a 0 601
1995 573 12 2 39 0 n/a n/a 0 626
1996 573 12 2 39 0 n/a n/a 0 626
1997 588 17 6 33 0 n/a n/a 0 644
1998 566 11 8 30 0 n/a n/a 0 615
1999 382 11 3 24 0 n/a n/a 0 420
2000 364 7 0 23 0 n/a n/a 0 394
2001 362 8 3 17 0 n/a n/a 0 390
2002 539 21 7 34 2 n/a n/a 0 603
2003 539 21 7 34 2 n/a n/a 0 603
2004 461 19 11 39 2 n/a n/a 0 532
2005 408 21 10 41 2 n/a n/a 0 482
2006 359 15 6 40 3 n/a n/a 14 437
2007 303 15 12 38 2 n/a n/a 15 385
2008 409 13 7 43 1 n/a n/a 26 499
2009 397 16 11 79 2 0 25 0 530
2010 343 13 9 56 2 0 14 0 437
2011 336 18 11 64 1 0 11 0 441
2012 354 17 8 66 2 0 14 0 461
2013 357 9 13 67 1 0 19 0 466
2014 368 11 14 78 1 0 19 0 491
2015 372 9 12 95 0 0 18 0 506
2016 274 4 8 60 0 0 28 0 374
2017 290 6 9 65 0 0 24 0 394
2018 277 4 6 67 0 0 25 0 379
2019 287 9 3 65 0 0 26 0 390
2020 275 10 4 73 0 0 19 0 381
2021 244 11 3 78 0 0 24 0 360
2022 252 9 3 82 0 0 15 0 361
2023 204 8 3 72 0 0 13 0 300

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Greenfield Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 558 n/a n/a n/a
1989 556 n/a n/a n/a
1990 566 n/a n/a n/a
1991 568 n/a n/a n/a
1992 573 n/a n/a n/a
1993 578 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 601 n/a n/a n/a
1995 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 644 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 615 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 420 n/a 0.0 0
2000 394 n/a 0.0 61.4
2001 390 n/a 0.0 33.8
2002 603 n/a n/a 38
2003 603 n/a n/a 38
2004 532 39.0 13.6 42.5
2005 482 37.0 13.0 50
2006 437 39.0 11.2 55.8
2007 385 30.0 12.8 57
2008 499 37.9 13.2 59.2
2009 530 30.8 17.2 66.4
2010 437 33.8 12.8 66.1
2011 441 26.0 16.9 69.2
2012 461 40.1 11.4 59.7
2013 466 39.3 11.8 62
2014 491 39.8 12.3 60.3
2015 506 44.0 11.5 66.8
2016 374 45.0 8.3 n/a
2017 394 43.1 9.1 n/a
2018 379 41.8 9.0 n/a
2019 390 40.6 9.6 n/a
2020 381 35.4 10.7 n/a
2021 360 32.9 10.9 n/a
2022 361 33.0 10.9 n/a
2023 300 30.3 9.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Greenfield Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 558 n/a n/a n/a
1989 556 n/a n/a n/a
1990 566 n/a n/a n/a
1991 568 n/a n/a n/a
1992 573 n/a n/a n/a
1993 578 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 601 n/a n/a n/a
1995 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 644 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 615 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 420 n/a 0.0 0
2000 394 n/a 0.0 61.4
2001 390 n/a 0.0 33.8
2002 603 n/a n/a 38
2003 603 n/a n/a 38
2004 532 39.0 13.6 42.5
2005 482 37.0 13.0 50
2006 437 39.0 11.2 55.8
2007 385 30.0 12.8 57
2008 499 37.9 13.2 59.2
2009 530 30.8 17.2 66.4
2010 437 33.8 12.8 66.1
2011 441 26.0 16.9 69.2
2012 461 40.1 11.4 59.7
2013 466 39.3 11.8 62
2014 491 39.8 12.3 60.3
2015 506 44.0 11.5 66.8
2016 374 45.0 8.3 n/a
2017 394 43.1 9.1 n/a
2018 379 41.8 9.0 n/a
2019 390 40.6 9.6 n/a
2020 381 35.4 10.7 n/a
2021 360 32.9 10.9 n/a
2022 361 33.0 10.9 n/a
2023 300 30.3 9.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Greenfield Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $511 (3.1%) $16,078 (96.9%) $16,589
2020 $692 (4.0%) $16,668 (96.0%) $17,360
2021 $1,294 (7.3%) $16,473 (92.7%) $17,767

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Greenfield Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 405th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 415th of 501 Middle schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield Middle)328.2
 23.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield)329
 23%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield Middle)2813.1
 14.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield)2813.6
 14.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Greenfield Middle)2916.7
 12.3%
   5th Grade Science (Greenfield)2917
 12%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield Middle)3420.7
 13.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield)3219
 13%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield Middle)3316.3
 16.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield)3214.9
 17.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield Middle)3122.5
 8.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Greenfield)3021.1
 9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield Middle)2714.9
 12.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Greenfield)2614
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
All Grades English Language Arts (Greenfield Middle)3216.9
 15.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Greenfield)3318.2
 14.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Greenfield Middle)2914.8
 14.3%
   All Grades Mathematics (Greenfield)2817.2
 10.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Greenfield Middle)2916.7
 12.3%
   All Grades Science (Greenfield)3317.6
 15.4%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students390300
 23.1%
African American98
 11.1%
American Indian00
Asian33
Hispanic6572
 10.8%
Pacific Islander00
White287204
 28.9%
Two or More Races2613
 50%


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Students who attend Greenfield Middle usually go on to attend Greenfield High

In the 2022-23 school year, 300 students attended Greenfield Middle.

Greenfield Middle ranks in the bottom 20.7% of Massachusetts middle schools.

Students at Greenfield Middle are 68% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.


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