Smith Academy, Hatfield MA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Smith Academy

Smith Academy is a small public school in Hatfield, a rural town on the west bank of the Connecticut River in Hampshire County. The school serves only grades seven through twelve, with a total enrollment that is small for a secondary school. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with very small numbers of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. The school is part of the Hatfield district and shares a traditional New England town center with the elementary school and town hall, a setting where civic life is clustered in a walkable downtown area rather than on separated campuses. Hatfield is a low-density town bisected by Interstate 91 and US Route 5, its landscape shaped by agricultural land and distinct villages, and its secondary school sits on School Street in the main village.

The most direct evidence of academic performance comes from state testing results, and the picture these results paint is mixed. In the most recent year available, the share of students scoring proficient or above in math was below the midpoint of districts in Hampshire County. In English language arts, the rate of proficiency was also below that county midpoint. Science results were stronger, though the number of students tested was modest. Social studies, tested only in eighth grade, was around the midpoint of the county comparison set. When looking at earlier years, the school's performance in math and English language arts has fluctuated. There were years when proficiency rates were higher than they are now, and there were years when they were lower. The most recent results represent a low point in both subjects relative to the last several years, a pattern a family may want to discuss with the school.

Because the school includes the high school grades, a graduation rate would typically be a central metric for a school of this grade span. That data was not available for this profile. The reason is not stated in the data provided, and a reader should be aware this is an important piece of information that is missing. The school may report it through other state or school channels. Similarly, data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, staffing, and student-teacher ratios were not present in the information reviewed. A parent evaluating Smith Academy would want to seek out these details directly from the school or district, as they are key to understanding the day-to-day environment and support structures.

The data does not include information on the school's program offerings, such as Advanced Placement courses, dual enrollment, or career and technical education pathways. Nor does it include the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common proxy for the economic context of the student body. Hatfield itself is a town with no major employer information found in publicly available searches, and its growth trajectory or development plans are not documented in the sources reviewed. The district brief turned up little of lasting impact regarding recent changes. A family considering Smith Academy is working with a school where academic proficiency on state tests is below many of its county peers, particularly in math and English, and where several key indicators about the student experience, graduation, and school climate are not available in this profile. Given the school's small size and the town's rural character, direct outreach to the principal or district office would likely be the most productive way to fill those gaps.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 25 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

392 schools plotted. 8 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grades 3-820%

School 20% · District 30% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-829%

School 29% · District 38% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-850%

School 50% · District 56% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolHatfield, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grades 3-8Lower-income31%Higher-income28%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grades 3-8Lower-income15%Higher-income21%6 pp gap