Amherst Regional High

Summary:

Amherst Regional High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Amherst, Massachusetts, with an enrollment of 858 students. The school is part of the Amherst-Pelham District, which is ranked 90 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Amherst Regional High consistently ranks among the top 25% of Massachusetts high schools, with strong academic performance across all subjects. The school's MCAS proficiency rates are significantly higher than the state averages, particularly in English Language Arts and Science, where 10th-grade proficiency rates have consistently exceeded 65% in recent years. The school also maintains a high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 89.2% to 94.2% over the past five years, and a relatively low dropout rate compared to the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Easthampton High and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High lag behind Amherst Regional High in academic metrics, while Northampton High and Hopkins Academy demonstrate strong performance as well. Amherst Regional High's higher spending per student compared to the state average and nearby schools may contribute to its academic success, but it also raises questions about the efficient use of resources and the potential for other schools to achieve similar results with more limited budgets.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 21 Mattoon Street
       Amherst, MA  01002


(413) 362-1701

District: Amherst-Pelham

SchoolDigger Rank:
89th of 348 Massachusetts High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $23,640 Help


Feeder schools for Amherst Regional High:

Elementary:    Crocker Farm Elementary
    Fort River Elementary
    Leverett Elementary
    Pelham Elementary
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Middle:    Amherst Regional Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.3 Help
Number of students:  841

Racial breakdown:

White:
56.5%
Hispanic:
17.8%
Asian:
8.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27.4% Help


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Compare Details Amherst Regional High ranks better than 74.4% of high schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.77. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Amherst Regional High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (56.5%), Hispanic (17.8%), Asian (8.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Amherst Regional High is 12.3. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Amherst Regional High is $23,640.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Amherst Regional High:

SchoolDigger ranks Amherst Regional High 89th of 348 Massachusetts public high schools. (See Amherst Regional High in the ranking list.)

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Amherst-Pelham:

SchoolDigger ranks Amherst-Pelham 90th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Amherst Regional High

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Rank History for all students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.27 90th 304 70.4%
2004 77.91 75th 307 75.6%
2005 70.38 106th 311 65.9%
2006 75.81 94th 314 70.1%
2007 70.63 92nd 316 70.9%
2008 85.38 30th 319 90.6%
2009 67.52 126th 322 60.9%
2010 77.76 77th 335 77.0%
2011 79.89 56th 340 83.5%
2012 76.53 64th 340 81.2%
2013 73.38 84th 344 75.6%
2014 70.84 115th 347 66.9%
2015 75.00 78th 354 78.0%
2016 72.43 96th 351 72.6%
2017 68.07 130th 348 62.6%
2018 72.86 104th 345 69.9%
2019 69.54 126th 351 64.1%
2022 76.27 89th 342 74.0%
2023 67.01 126th 347 63.7%
2024 77.77 89th 348 74.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.75 3rd 55 94.5%
2019 39.18 36th 58 37.9%
2022 81.78 17th 78 78.2%
2023 56.16 38th 82 53.7%
2024 64.91 32nd 87 63.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 84.93 7th 82 91.5%
2022 32.56 57th 77 26.0%
2023 52.67 22nd 84 73.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.45 121st 344 64.8%
2019 58.96 128th 348 63.2%
2022 36.68 226th 339 33.3%
2023 60.99 83rd 301 72.4%
2024 80.17 43rd 289 85.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.12 175th 330 47.0%
2019 55.39 151st 330 54.2%
2022 22.63 262nd 332 21.1%
2023 53.56 158th 338 53.3%
2024 49.97 175th 338 48.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.03 146th 339 56.9%
2019 65.95 136th 342 60.2%
2022 69.86 116th 340 65.9%
2023 65.04 123rd 339 63.7%
2024 75.30 95th 342 72.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.70 87th 299 70.9%
2019 67.66 70th 299 76.6%
2022 66.84 72nd 295 75.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.81 77th 343 77.6%
2019 65.39 130th 346 62.4%
2022 79.15 72nd 339 78.8%
2023 66.03 123rd 343 64.1%
2024 74.75 86th 342 74.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.15 30th 91 67.0%
2019 23.41 78th 97 19.6%
2023 14.80 78th 96 18.8%
2024 9.12 89th 98 9.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.71 41st 134 69.4%
2019 29.44 102nd 137 25.5%
2022 57.67 47th 133 64.7%
2023 51.14 62nd 142 56.3%
2024 41.67 86th 160 46.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.83 104th 193 46.1%
2019 67.38 66th 206 68.0%
2022 36.65 130th 217 40.1%
2023 49.95 111th 241 53.9%
2024 52.71 110th 249 55.8%
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Rank History for White students at Amherst Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.58 51st 303 83.2%
2019 77.99 63rd 302 79.1%
2022 89.91 27th 300 91.0%
2023 76.08 71st 301 76.4%
2024 88.88 32nd 302 89.4%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Amherst Regional High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 759 55 48 38 0 n/a n/a 0 900
1989 646 62 72 45 2 n/a n/a -1 826
1990 557 60 81 56 2 n/a n/a -1 755
1991 544 62 74 76 0 n/a n/a -2 754
1992 536 67 73 65 0 n/a n/a -4 737
1993 535 64 75 68 0 n/a n/a -4 738
1994 542 62 86 68 1 n/a n/a 0 759
1995 570 73 64 66 2 n/a n/a 0 775
1996 570 73 64 66 2 n/a n/a 0 775
1997 636 88 84 74 4 n/a n/a 0 886
1998 893 123 116 97 6 n/a n/a 0 1235
1999 964 134 117 99 2 n/a n/a 0 1316
2000 991 127 104 98 4 n/a n/a 0 1324
2001 1016 134 112 98 5 n/a n/a 0 1365
2002 987 141 122 98 13 n/a n/a 0 1361
2003 987 141 122 98 13 n/a n/a 0 1361
2004 977 147 137 101 16 n/a n/a 0 1378
2005 954 137 144 93 12 n/a n/a 0 1340
2006 929 93 136 109 7 n/a n/a 45 1319
2007 893 100 136 115 5 n/a n/a 55 1304
2008 849 103 112 106 5 n/a n/a 44 1219
2009 826 105 98 116 5 0 51 0 1201
2010 780 92 106 128 4 1 57 0 1168
2011 713 85 100 129 2 1 73 0 1103
2012 683 67 103 139 2 1 88 0 1083
2013 672 69 101 137 0 0 80 0 1059
2014 614 83 100 122 1 0 84 0 1004
2015 602 81 89 125 0 0 83 0 980
2016 566 66 89 125 0 0 81 0 927
2017 555 65 88 132 1 0 85 0 926
2018 534 65 85 155 1 2 90 1 933
2019 540 63 88 148 1 1 81 2 924
2020 509 75 89 155 1 1 87 3 920
2021 483 72 78 150 0 0 84 3 870
2022 473 72 78 156 0 0 74 5 858
2023 463 67 78 164 0 0 73 13 858
2024 475 56 72 150 0 0 67 21 841

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Amherst Regional High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 900 n/a n/a n/a
1989 826 n/a n/a n/a
1990 755 n/a n/a n/a
1991 754 n/a n/a n/a
1992 737 n/a n/a n/a
1993 738 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 759 n/a n/a n/a
1995 775 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 775 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 886 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 1235 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 1316 n/a 0.0 0
2000 1324 n/a 0.0 14.6
2001 1365 n/a 0.0 12.5
2002 1361 n/a n/a 15.5
2003 1361 n/a n/a 15.5
2004 1378 102.0 13.5 16
2005 1340 105.3 12.7 16.3
2006 1319 102.2 12.9 15
2007 1304 100.0 13.0 15.7
2008 1219 93.1 13.1 14.6
2009 1201 95.8 12.5 16.2
2010 1168 86.6 13.4 19.6
2011 1103 84.5 13.0 24
2012 1083 80.4 13.4 24
2013 1059 80.9 13.0 25.9
2014 1004 79.2 12.6 26.8
2015 980 75.0 13.0 27.4
2016 927 71.0 13.0 n/a
2017 926 71.7 12.9 n/a
2018 933 66.4 14.0 n/a
2019 924 70.8 13.0 n/a
2020 920 69.9 13.1 n/a
2021 870 70.4 12.3 n/a
2022 858 70.1 12.2 n/a
2023 858 73.6 11.6 n/a
2024 841 68.2 12.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Amherst Regional High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 900 n/a n/a n/a
1989 826 n/a n/a n/a
1990 755 n/a n/a n/a
1991 754 n/a n/a n/a
1992 737 n/a n/a n/a
1993 738 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 759 n/a n/a n/a
1995 775 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 775 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 886 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 1235 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 1316 n/a 0.0 0
2000 1324 n/a 0.0 14.6
2001 1365 n/a 0.0 12.5
2002 1361 n/a n/a 15.5
2003 1361 n/a n/a 15.5
2004 1378 102.0 13.5 16
2005 1340 105.3 12.7 16.3
2006 1319 102.2 12.9 15
2007 1304 100.0 13.0 15.7
2008 1219 93.1 13.1 14.6
2009 1201 95.8 12.5 16.2
2010 1168 86.6 13.4 19.6
2011 1103 84.5 13.0 24
2012 1083 80.4 13.4 24
2013 1059 80.9 13.0 25.9
2014 1004 79.2 12.6 26.8
2015 980 75.0 13.0 27.4
2016 927 71.0 13.0 n/a
2017 926 71.7 12.9 n/a
2018 933 66.4 14.0 n/a
2019 924 70.8 13.0 n/a
2020 920 69.9 13.1 n/a
2021 870 70.4 12.3 n/a
2022 858 70.1 12.2 n/a
2023 858 73.6 11.6 n/a
2024 841 68.2 12.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Amherst Regional High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $403 (1.9%) $20,938 (98.1%) $21,341
2020 $439 (2.1%) $20,698 (97.9%) $21,138
2021 $1,585 (6.7%) $22,055 (93.3%) $23,640

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Amherst Regional High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 126th of 351 High schoolsRanks 126th of 347 High schools
 0.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade English Language Arts (Amherst Regional High)7360.9
 12.1%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Amherst-Pelham)7160.1
 10.9%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)6158.2
 2.8%
10th Grade Mathematics (Amherst Regional High)6865.1
 2.9%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Amherst-Pelham)6764.4
 2.6%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5849.7
 8.3%
End of Course Chemistry (Amherst Regional High)9585.1
 9.9%
   End of Course Chemistry (Amherst-Pelham)9485.1
 8.9%
   End of Course Chemistry (Massachusetts)5830.5
 27.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students924858
 7.1%
African American6367
 6.3%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian8878
 11.4%
Hispanic148164
 10.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White540463
 14.3%
Two or More Races8173
 9.9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 841 students attended Amherst Regional High.

Students at Amherst Regional High are 56% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 7% African American, 2% Not Specified.

Amherst Regional High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crocker Farm Elementary
Elementary : Fort River Elementary
Elementary : Leverett Elementary
Elementary : Pelham Elementary
Elementary : Shutesbury Elementary
Elementary : Wildwood Elementary
Middle : Amherst Regional Middle School

Amherst Regional High ranks 89th of 348 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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