Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #205 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 7–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School is a public charter school serving students in the Pioneer Valley region of western Massachusetts. Located in Hadley, the school is one of the state's charter institutions with a focus on performing arts. The Pioneer Valley, which runs along the Connecticut River, is known for its agricultural heritage, its colleges and universities, and its mix of small towns and the city of Springfield. Because the school is a charter, its enrollment draws students from surrounding communities rather than a single town's boundaries.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 47% of districts. 40% of students in grades 7–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 42% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 4% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 41.8% in 2022 to 35% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 9.2 points since 2023 (48.8689% to 39.6667%); statewide it fell 5.1 points.
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 Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public
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 (Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
68.6% female · 29.9% male · 1.5% 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 43 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
16.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 11.9% missed 20% or more of school days