Middle Schools in Berkshire Hills

Middle Schools in the Berkshire Hills area include just one school: W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School in Great Barrington, serving grades 5–8 with 326 students—about 82 students per grade. The Berkshire Hills district is ranked 142 out of 351, a 60th percentile position with 3 stars.

For parents, the school’s clearest strengths are English language arts (ELA), science, and civics. In 2025–2026, all-grade ELA proficiency is 48.4%, above the state’s 40.03% and essentially level with the district’s 48.34%. Science is 45.52%, above the state’s 40.98% and the district’s 44.59%. Grade 8 civics is 46.27%, above the state’s 39.77% and the district’s 45.59%. Grade 8 is a bright spot across subjects: ELA 51.39%, math 45.83%, science 43.06%, and civics 46.27%—all above state. Math is the main concern: all-grade proficiency is 30.32%, below the district’s 34% and well below the state’s 41.11%. The weakness is concentrated in grades 5–7 math: grade 5 is 27.63%, grade 6 is 24%, and grade 7 is 25.29%, while grade 8 math is 45.83%, above state.

Year over year, science rose from 38.89% to 45.52% and civics from 36.36% to 46.27%, moving from below state to above state. ELA improved from 45.52% to 48.4%. Math declined from 34.01% to 30.32% while the state was roughly flat, making that drop notable. Even so, the school’s rank improved from 255th of 493 in 2023–2024 to 186th of 478 in 2025–2026, from the 48th to 61st percentile, and stars rose from 2 to 3. Context metrics include a 10.2 student-teacher ratio and $23,852 per-student spending in 2020–2021; the free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unavailable. Overall, this is a school with strong ELA, science, and civics results and a clear need to strengthen math in grades 5–7.