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Sheffield, Massachusetts - 4 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Southern Berkshire #25 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $31,202 per pupil, Southern Berkshire ranks #26 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
618
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$31,202
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Southern Berkshire operates 4 public schools serving 618 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 elementary 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 $31,202 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 67.5% local, 22.9% state, and 9.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #25 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 158.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.3% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Undermountain, with a diversity index of 36.9/100.
Its largest campus is Mt Everett Regional, enrolling 278 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is South Egremont, at 11 students, a 25x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mt Everett Regional accounts for 45.0% of all Southern Berkshire student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Southern Berkshire-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Southern Berkshire school enrollment varies 25× across entities
Southern Berkshire school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 278 students (highest), a spread of 267 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Southern Berkshire student-counselor ratio is 159:1 — 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.
Southern Berkshire chronic absenteeism rate is 30.7% — 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.