Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #319 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural is a public school district serving students in the Northampton area of western Massachusetts, located in the Pioneer Valley. The district operates Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, which offers career-technical and agricultural programs alongside a traditional academic curriculum. Northampton is a college town best known as the home of Smith College, and the city has long been associated with arts, culture, and a strong local food and farming community. The surrounding Pioneer Valley is known for its agricultural heritage, including farms and open land that reflect the region's history as a center of New England agriculture.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 15% of districts. 98.4% 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 4% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 24.2% in 2022 to 8.8% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 13 points since 2023 (37% to 24%); statewide it fell 6 points.
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Schools in Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural
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 (Smith Vocational and Agricultural High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
44.7% female · 54.5% 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 64 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.7% missed 20% or more of school days