Belchertown
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Belchertown
Ranks #119 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 37%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Belchertown is a suburban town in Hampshire County, located in the Pioneer Valley roughly 20 miles east of Springfield and about 10 miles north of Ware. The district serves the town through Belchertown High School and is shaped by its rural-suburban character, with farmland, wooded hills, and the Quabbin Reservoir bordering parts of the community. Belchertown's single-family assessed values and per capita income place it among the mid-range communities in the Pioneer Valley. The town was incorporated in 1761 and is home to the Mass Audubon-affiliated area and several conservation lands that reflect its continued agricultural and open-space heritage.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 21% of districts. 86% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 41% of districts.
- Top school: Belchertown High, #80 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.5% in 2022 to 15.2% in 2025.
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Schools in Belchertown
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Belchertown High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49.8% female · 50% male · 0.3% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 169 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Belchertown
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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