The Williston Northampton School

Easthampton · MA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

📖18 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 4 National Merit SemifinalistsRoughly the top 1% of PSAT scorers in each state — about 16,000 juniors nationally. A useful gauge of a school's academic top end. (2024)
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1340 (25-75: 1280–1410)
  • 📝 ACT avg 30 (25-75: 28–32)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 76% (avg score 3.8)

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Williston Northampton School compares for families

What families should know about The Williston Northampton School.

  • LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cutchins Program, Center School, Springdale Education Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

58%
admit rate
$17,772
in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state
1300–1480
SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Massachusetts-Amherst profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 486 in 2018 to 520 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+7.0%
Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see The Williston Northampton School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.williston.com/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 520 students:

2023
529
2025
547
2027
566

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 46 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $736,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Cutchins Program
Northampton
Private 4.5 22
Center School
Holyoke
Private 5.2 87 +14.5%
Springdale Education Center
Holyoke
Private 5.3 38
Lighthouse Holyoke
Holyoke
Private 5.6 55
New England Adolescent Research Institute
Easthampton
Private 5.8 44
White Oak School
Westfield
Private 6.6 59 +7.3%
The Hartsbrook School
Hadley
Private 6.9 210 -19.8%
Valley West School
Chicopee
Private 9.9 86 -2.3%

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