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Fisher Hill School
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 3 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fisher Hill School
Fisher Hill School operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Orange, Massachusetts, part of Orange. Current enrollment sits at 494 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.
Fisher Hill School is a school of Orange, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Fisher Hill School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fisher Hill School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,907 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Franklin County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,666 students), Fisher Hill School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Ralph C Mahar Regional, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fisher Hill School has edged up 58%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.
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Franklin County at a glance
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