1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings
C+
overall grade
Students from Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Plainfield and Shelburne attend Mohawk Trail schools, including Mohawk Trail Regional School.
Ranks #211 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
Overall rank
#211
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
32%
State 41% in the same grades
MCAS Math
31%
State 41% in the same grades
Spending per student
$26,521
MA median $21,765
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
The Mohawk Trail Regional School District serves eight towns in Franklin County in the hilltowns of northwestern Massachusetts: Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Plainfield, and Shelburne. Its high school, Mohawk Trail Regional School, is located in Buckland, along the scenic Mohawk Trail (Route 2) corridor. The district's character is rural and small-town, with dispersed villages, farmland, and forested hills, and it lies within the Berkshire foothills and the broader Pioneer Valley region. Several towns, including Ashfield and Shelburne, are noted for relatively higher single-family assessed values within the district. The Mohawk Trail itself, historically a route used by Native American peoples and later a major transportation corridor, is a notable regional landmark.
How it compares
What stands out
+Best of its categories: SAT scores, in the bottom 45% of districts. Its high schools average 1108 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
!Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 28% of districts.
↓Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 29.7% in 2022 to 18% in 2025.
↓Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.4 points since 2023 (39.6628% to 32.255%); statewide it fell 3.2 points.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Averagebottom 36% · #211
SAT
Averagebottom 45% · #163
ELA MCAS
Below averagebottom 30% · #231
Math MCAS
Below averagebottom 28% · #237
AP results
Below averagebottom 34% · #187
Graduation
Below averagebottom 34% · #192
Attendance
Below averagebottom 29% · #234
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
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.
English Language Arts, grades 3–1032%in 2026 · state 41%
8 points below the state
Math, grades 3–1031%in 2026 · state 41%
10 points below the state
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 3
33%−10 vs state
25%−17 vs state
Grade 4
32%−5 vs state
38%−5 vs state
Grade 5
27%−11 vs state
18%−21 vs state
Grade 6
56%+16 vs state
72%+29 vs state
Grade 7
24%−16 vs state
19%−18 vs state
Grade 8
21%−21 vs state
18%−24 vs state
Grade 10
41%−4 vs state
32%−12 vs state
Science, 2026
Grade 5 science
28%−15 vs state
Grade 8 science
16%−23 vs state
High school biology
42%+4 vs state
High school results
Average SATAbout average
This district
1108
MA avg
1113
AP exams scored 3+About average
This district
64.8%
MA avg
69.1%
Four-year graduation rateAbout average
This district
91.7%
MA avg
92.4%
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Mohawk Trail Regional School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
Classrooms
Students in classes806
Average class size10.4MA avg 17.3
Who attends
White
89.6%
Hispanic/Latino
5.4%
Multi-Race
3.7%
Black/African American
0.8%
Asian
0.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0.1%
50.7% female · 48.7% male · 0.5% nonbinary
Student needs
English learnersLower than average
This district
0.6%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesHigher than average
This district
25.4%
MA avg
20.2%
Spending & teachers
Spending per student$26.5Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$4,756 above the MA median
Teacher salary$86.3Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$5,113 below the MA median
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
88.8%
MA avg
84.7%
Principals who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
100%
MA avg
82%
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 69 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
Attendance rateAbout average
This district
93.2%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysAbout average
This district
18%
MA avg
16.9%
12.1 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.9% missed 20% or more of school days
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.