High school (grades 9-12) · Great Barrington, MA

Monument Mt Regional High

Federal NCES profile for Monument Mt Regional High, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 250253000154
0/100100/10043/100
👥 S:T ratio
62
📚 AP courses
45
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
78
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Monument Mt Regional High earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of Massachusetts schools.

#3 of 3
public schools in Great Barrington · Resource Index
43
Resource Index · Typical
9.6:1
small classes for Massachusetts
431
students enrolled

Monument Mt Regional High has class sizes smaller than 84% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Monument Mt Regional High ranks #3 of 3 public schools in Great Barrington, MA.

Enrollment

431

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

45.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.6:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

-22% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Monument Mt Regional High compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.6:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Monument Mt Regional High

Monument Mt Regional High is a mid-sized high school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, enrolling 431 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.6:1 puts it in the smaller third of Massachusetts schools by student-teacher ratio.

With 431 students, its enrollment sits close to the Massachusetts median campus size.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is led by White (76%) and Hispanic or Latino (17%) (diversity index 39/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 9 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 108 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 56.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Berkshire Hills spends $29,470 per pupil, 31% above the Massachusetts average, a better-resourced district than most.

Berkshire Hills also operates Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School (365 students) and W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School (326 students) alongside Monument Mt Regional High.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Monument Mt Regional High compares

Monument Mt Regional High on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.6:1 ▼ 22% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 431 top 47% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.6:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
431
Bigger than 52% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.6:1
students per teacher - 22% below state mean
Top 16% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 84% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
56.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$29,470
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors4.0 FTE
Per 108 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 75.9%
Hispanic or Latino 16.9%
Two or More 3.5%
Asian 2.1%
African American 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.2%

Largest group: White at 75.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 39.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 39.3, Monument Mt Regional High is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 9

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Berkshire Hills, which includes Monument Mt Regional High.

$29,470
Per student
+31%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+78%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 69.8%
State 23.5%
Federal 6.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Monument Mt Regional High Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Monument Mt Regional High's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Berkshire Hills · 2 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Monument Mt Regional High's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Monument Mt Regional High

How many students attend Monument Mt Regional High?

Monument Mt Regional High has 431 students enrolled. It is a high school in Great Barrington, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Monument Mt Regional High?

The student-teacher ratio at Monument Mt Regional High is 9.6:1, which is 22% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 39% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Monument Mt Regional High?

The largest demographic group at Monument Mt Regional High is White at 75.9% of enrollment, in Great Barrington, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Monument Mt Regional High?

Monument Mt Regional High has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Monument Mt Regional High rank among public schools in Great Barrington?

By Resource Investment Index, Monument Mt Regional High ranks #3 of 3 public schools in Great Barrington, MA. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Great Barrington on the city page.

Is Monument Mt Regional High a good school?

Monument Mt Regional High earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 84% of Massachusetts schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Berkshire Hills?

Besides Monument Mt Regional High, Berkshire Hills also operates Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School (365 students) and W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School (326 students). See the Berkshire Hills district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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