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Pittsfield, Massachusetts - 15 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Pittsfield #84 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,285 per pupil, Pittsfield ranks #175 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,969
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$22,285
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pittsfield operates 15 public schools serving 4,969 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $22,285 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 32.3% local, 54.6% state, and 13.2% 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 48/100, ranked #84 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 2 of 15 schools offering Advanced Placement (39 AP courses district-wide), a 157.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.4% White, 23.8% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Silvio O Conte Community, with a diversity index of 72.5/100.
Its largest campus is Taconic High, enrolling 824 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Eagle Education Academy, at 24 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Taconic High accounts for 16.6% of all Pittsfield student enrollment
That concentration means Pittsfield-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.
Pittsfield school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Pittsfield school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 824 students (highest), a spread of 800 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pittsfield student-counselor ratio is 158:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Pittsfield chronic absenteeism rate is 43.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.