Berkshire Hills
1 high school and 1 elementary school in our rankings
Students from Great Barrington, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge attend Berkshire Hills schools, including Monument Mt Regional High School.
Ranks #123 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 38%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Berkshire Hills Regional School District serves the Berkshire County towns of Great Barrington, Stockbridge, and West Stockbridge, with students attending Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington. The district sits in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, a region known for its rolling hills, arts institutions, and summer cultural life. Stockbridge, the district's most affluent town by single-family assessed value, is well known for its association with the painter Norman Rockwell, whose former home and studio now operate as a museum. Great Barrington, the largest of the three towns, serves as the commercial center of southern Berkshire County, while West Stockbridge retains a quieter, village-scale character.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 5% of districts. 95% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 7% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 34.1% in 2022 to 27.7% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 6.2 points since 2023 (39.8064% to 33.5623%).
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Schools in Berkshire Hills
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Monument Mt Regional High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.6% female · 50.8% male · 0.6% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 118 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
14.1 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 7% missed 20% or more of school days
About the towns
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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