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Southern Berkshire School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Southern Berkshire School District runs 4 public schools with 607 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.5 students per teacher is 3.5 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Southern Berkshire".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 607
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 491 Berkshire School Rd, Sheffield, MA 01257
- Phone
- (413)229-8778
- County
- Berkshire County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2511040
- State district ID
- MA-0765
- Total staff (FTE)
- 136
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 304 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.5
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (645), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $5.0 million
- Local revenue
- $15.6 million
- Total spending
- $19.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $30,488
- Salaries
- $9.5 million48.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 23.0%
- Local: 71.3%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$30,488
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Southern Berkshire School District
By level: 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mt Everett RegionalCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 278 | 7.9 |
| New Marlborough CentralCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 58 | 9.7 |
| South EgremontCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 11 | 11.0 |
| UndermountainCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 260 | 9.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Berkshire County
- Pittsfield School District 4,873 students
- Central Berkshire School District 1,537 students
- Mount Greylock School District 1,177 students
- North Adams School District 1,149 students
- Berkshire Hills School District 1,131 students
- Hoosac Valley Regional School District 998 students
- Lenox School District 771 students
- Lee School District 659 students
- Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical School District 514 students
- Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public 364 students
- Clarksburg School District 204 students
- Richmond School District 157 students
- Farmington River Reg School District 124 students
- Florida School District 83 students
- Hancock School District 48 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.