Summary:
Berkley has a single elementary school, Berkley Community School, which serves grades PK–4 and enrolls 459 students. It is part of the Berkley district, which is ranked 128th of 351 Massachusetts districts — 64th percentile, 3 stars. Because it is the only elementary school in this area, there are no local elementary peers to compare it against, so the most useful comparisons are to district and state averages.
Math is the school's clearest relative strength. In 2025–2026, all-grade math was 46.51% proficient, above the district's 42.49% and the state's 41.11% — about 5.40 points above state. The standout result was 4th grade math at 54.12%, compared with 53.49% district and 43.20% state, roughly 10.92 points above state. In 2024–2025, all-grade math was even stronger at 55.06%, about 14.32 points above state and 9.18 points above district. ELA is more mixed. Fourth grade ELA was 43.53%, above district (43.02%) and state (37.43%), and all-grade ELA was 43.02%, above state (40.03%) but below district (45%). Third grade ELA was 42.53%, essentially level with district (42.05%) and state (42.79%). The only 2025–2026 measure below state was 3rd grade math, at 39.08% versus 42.19% at state, though still slightly above district (38.64%).
Families should note a notable year-over-year decline: all-grade ELA fell from 52.53% in 2024–2025 to 43.02% in 2025–2026, and all-grade math fell from 55.06% to 46.51%. The school still remained above state in both all-grade subjects. School rank was 399th of 899 (56th percentile) in 2025–2026, down from 275th of 906 (70th percentile) in 2024–2025 and 287th of 916 (69th percentile) in 2023–2024, holding a 3-star rating across all three years. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 14.1 in 2024–2025 and per-student spending was $14,021 in 2020–2021, much older than current test data. The free/reduced lunch field is not reported and cannot be read as 0%.
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