NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in North Adams, MA

Compiled from official source data by .

5 public K-12 schools in North Adams from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

PlainSchools home → About this data
5
Schools
1,915
Students
38.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, North Adams has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. North Adams is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of North Adams's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

North Adams's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 39th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 91st percentile. The 52-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 89%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

Charles Mccann Vocational Technical accounts for 26.8% of all North Adams public-school enrollment

That concentration means North Adams-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Adams school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities

North Adams school enrollment ranges from 252 students (lowest) to 514 students (highest), a spread of 262 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

North Adams student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Drury High 43
2. Charles Mccann Vocational Technical 42
3. Greylock 37
4. Colegrove Park Elementary 36
5. Brayton 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in North Adams

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Brayton 40.1/100
  2. 2 Colegrove Park Elementary 39.1/100
  3. 3 Drury High 38.4/100
  4. 4 Charles Mccann Vocational Technical 11.5/100

What do families ask about schools in North Adams?

Which North Adams school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Drury High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the North Adams schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in North Adams, MA? ▼

North Adams has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,915 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

Other Cities in Massachusetts

Springfield
71 schools
Worcester
49 schools
Dorchester
29 schools
Lawrence
29 schools
Lowell
29 schools
Lynn
28 schools

Side-by-side: Compare any two schools or districts in Massachusetts →

Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.