Greenfield
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Greenfield
Ranks #286 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.
Greenfield is a town in Franklin County in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, situated along the Deerfield River and the Connecticut River corridor roughly 25 miles north of Springfield. The Greenfield Public Schools serve the town and operate Greenfield High School, which serves as the district's secondary school. Greenfield functions as the commercial and civic hub of northern Franklin County, with a downtown core and a mix of residential neighborhoods and surrounding agricultural land. The town is known for its historic Main Street district and its role as a regional center for the surrounding hill towns.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 33% of districts. Its high schools average 1151 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 4% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 45.1% in 2022 to 26.6% 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 Greenfield
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 (Greenfield High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.5% female · 52.4% male · 0.1% 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 130 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 8.6% missed 20% or more of school days
About Greenfield
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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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