Gill-Montague
1 high school and 2 elementary schools in our rankings
Students from Gill and Montague attend Gill-Montague schools, including Turners Fall High School.
Ranks #255 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Gill-Montague Regional School District serves the towns of Gill and Montague in Franklin County, in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Montague, the larger of the two, is situated along the Connecticut River and includes the village of Turners Falls, home to the district's high school. The area is rural and small-town in character, with farmland, river frontage, and scenic hills shaping the landscape. Montague was one of the early industrial communities along the Connecticut River, and the nearby Great Falls Discovery Center and surrounding conservation lands reflect the region's historical and natural heritage.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: ELA MCAS, in the bottom 34% of districts. 26% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 2% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 36.1% in 2022 to 22.2% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Gill-Montague
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 (Turners Fall High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.9% female · 51.3% male · 0.8% 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 94 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 6.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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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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