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North Adams, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical #42 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $24,185 per pupil, Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical ranks #110 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
537
Total Enrollment
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$24,185
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical operates 1 public schools serving 537 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Berkshire County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,185 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.4% local, 52.1% state, and 8.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 55/100, ranked #42 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 171.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Charles Mccann Vocational Technical accounts for 95.7% of all Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical a distant remainder — means Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical student-counselor ratio is 171:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical chronic absenteeism rate is 33.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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