Hatfield
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings · serves Hatfield
Ranks #152 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 47%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–8 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Hatfield is a small rural town in Hampshire County, located in the Pioneer Valley along the Connecticut River, roughly 20 miles north of Springfield and about 10 miles north of Northampton. The Hatfield Public Schools serve the town's students, with Smith Academy as the district's high school. The town's agricultural heritage is evident in its farmland and farm stands, and it is known for its long-standing tradition of tobacco and vegetable farming in the surrounding valley. Hatfield's single-family homes are assessed at values that place it among the moderately priced communities in the western part of the state, and its residents enjoy easy access to the cultural and educational resources of the nearby Five College area.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 4% of districts. 100% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 26% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 10.7 points since 2023 (49.9032% to 39.1571%); statewide it fell 4 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 19.5% in 2022 to 14.9% 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 Hatfield
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.
DESE didn't report 2026 results for grade 10 in this district, usually because too few students were tested, so it isn't shown.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Smith Academy). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
49% female · 50.7% 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 40 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
11.2 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.5% missed 20% or more of school days
About Hatfield
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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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