The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Science. The lowest is 44% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Stony Hill School
Stony Hill School serves a narrow band of elementary grades, second and third grade only, within the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District. Because of that narrow band, the school has no graduation rate to report and no science testing for its own students; the science data in the record comes from a past year when the school served a different grade configuration, so it does not reflect current students. The school is a regular public school in Wilbraham, a town that is primarily a residential suburb of Springfield.
The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and students who identify as two or more races, and very small shares of Black and Asian students. The school enrolls a sizable number of children for a two-grade building, and the community it draws from includes the distinct neighborhoods of Wilbraham Center, North Wilbraham, and several others, with a historic town center that features colonial and Victorian homes and is among the larger designated historic areas in the country. Housing in the zip code is priced above the national median, reflecting the residential desirability of the area. The district itself operates as a regional system, with Minnechaug Regional High School as its central high school campus, separate from the downtown private academy, Wilbraham & Monson Academy.
On the 2024-25 NextGen MCAS assessments, which cover grades three through eight across the state, Stony Hill’s results reflect its third-grade cohort. In English language arts, roughly half of students scored at the proficient level or above. In math, the share was slightly lower. The multi-year trend data available for the school shows that past cohorts, when the school included a wider grade span, sometimes posted higher proficiency rates in both subjects, but the recent figures are more constrained and have held in a moderate range. Compared to other districts in Hampden County, Stony Hill’s overall proficiency across tested subjects places it in the top quartile, meaning its performance is on the higher end among its county peers.
Discipline, staffing, and attendance data were not provided, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those areas. No information on special education or English learner populations was available in the data. The district brief did not surface any recent major changes to report. The school does not offer programs such as Advanced Placement or career pathways because of its grade range, so those are not relevant here.
For a family with a child entering second or third grade, Stony Hill represents a straightforward entry point into a regional district with above-average county-level test performance, set in a stable, residential suburb with a high-cost housing market. The school’s small grade span means a child would move on to another school in the district after third grade, and that transition is something a parent may want to discuss with the district to understand the full K-12 trajectory.
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