Summary:
Great Barrington, Massachusetts is served by three public schools in the Berkshire Hills district: Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School (PK–4, 365 students), W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School (grades 5–8, 326 students), and Monument Mt Regional High (grades 9–12, 431 students), for a total of 1,122 students. The district is ranked 142 of 351, at the 60th percentile with 3 stars, but that same rating appears on all three school records, so it reflects the district rather than any individual building.
Muddy Brook is the strongest overall performer: ranked 328 of 899 (64th percentile, 3 stars), up from the 53rd percentile a year earlier, with ELA at 52.34% versus 40.03% state and 3rd grade ELA at 60.66%, the highest proficiency figure in the data. W.E.B. Du Bois shows the clearest upward trend, climbing from the 48th to the 61st percentile and from 2 to 3 stars, with science and 8th grade civics now above state, but math fell to 30.32% against the state's 41.11%. Monument Mt High rebounded from the 48th to the 63rd percentile, with 10th grade science at 56.10% versus 40.50% state and ELA rising from 40.51% to 50.55%, though math stays below state at 33.71%.
Overall, math is the weak spot once students leave elementary school: middle math is 10.79 points below state and high school math 10.02 points below state, with 6th grade math at just 24.00% versus 42.59%. ELA is a strength at all three schools, and science is strong in the upper grades. Per-student spending is highest at Muddy Brook ($25,551) and lowest at Monument Mt ($23,375), and student-teacher ratios are 9.2, 10.2, and 9.2 respectively. The high school's graduation rate is 87.1% with a 9.3% dropout rate, worth monitoring. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all three schools.
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