Elementary school (grades K-5) · South Egremont, MA

South Egremont

Federal NCES profile for South Egremont, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 32/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 251104001778
0/100100/10032/100
👥 S:T ratio
56
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
9
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

South Egremont earns 32/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts.

32
Resource Index · Typical
11:1
students per teacher
11
students enrolled

South Egremont has class sizes near the Massachusetts median. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

11

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

-11% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How South Egremont compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians

At or below state median
0:135:111:1

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

What stands out at South Egremont

South Egremont is a small elementary school in South Egremont, Massachusetts, enrolling 11 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11:1 puts it in the smaller third of Massachusetts schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Massachusetts schools, with 11 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 36.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Southern Berkshire spends $31,202 per pupil, 39% above the Massachusetts average, a better-resourced district than most.

Southern Berkshire also operates Mt Everett Regional (278 students) and Undermountain (260 students) alongside South Egremont.

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 South Egremont compares

South Egremont on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11:1 ▼ 11% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 11 top 100% - -

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

11:1
Leaner classes than 83% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
11
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11:1
students per teacher - 11% below state mean
Top 34% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 66% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
36.4%
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
$31,202
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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 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 100.0%

Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, South Egremont is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Southern Berkshire, which includes South Egremont.

$31,202
Per student
+39%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+88%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 67.5%
State 22.9%
Federal 9.6%

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 South Egremont Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Mt Everett Regional Larger No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Undermountain Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
New Marlborough Central Larger No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to South Egremont's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Southern Berkshire · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary 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 South Egremont'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 South Egremont

How many students attend South Egremont?

South Egremont has 11 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in South Egremont, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at South Egremont?

The student-teacher ratio at South Egremont is 11:1, which is 11% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 30% 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 South Egremont?

The largest demographic group at South Egremont is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in South Egremont, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for South Egremont?

South Egremont has a Resource Investment Index of 32/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is South Egremont a good school?

South Egremont earns 32/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Massachusetts median. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts. 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 Southern Berkshire?

Besides South Egremont, Southern Berkshire also operates Mt Everett Regional (278 students), Undermountain (260 students), and New Marlborough Central (58 students). See the Southern Berkshire 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.

All federal data sources used on this page

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

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