Summary:
Pittsfield is home to 14 schools serving about 4,873 students across pre-kindergarten through grade 12 — nine elementary (PK–5 or K–5), two middle (6–8) and three high (9–12 or 6–12), including two 24-student specialized placements. The Pittsfield district ranks 287th of 351 Massachusetts districts (18th percentile, 1 star), and that same line appears on every school record, so schools must be compared on their own rank histories, test scores and outcome metrics. Free/reduced-lunch data is unreported for all 14 schools, and spending figures date from 2020-2021 while achievement data is 2024-2026.
Only three schools exceed the state average in any content area. Williams (271st of 899, 70th percentile) is the strongest all-around — above state in ELA (53.92%), math (51.49%) and science (50%) — though its trend is downward. Egremont is the science outlier at 69.39%, against a state figure of 40.98% and a district figure of 22.51%. Robert T. Capeless Elementary School is the biggest mover, rising from 44th to 65th percentile. Among high schools, Pittsfield High beats Taconic High in every subject, including Physics End-of-Course at 57.45% versus a state figure of 46.58%, while Taconic High graduates more students (84.1% vs 78.8%).
At the other end, Silvio O Conte Community ranks 888th of 899 (1st percentile), with all-grades ELA of 5.66% and the data set's lowest single figure, 5th-grade ELA of 1.75%. John T Reid Middle is the weakest general-education school at 444th of 478 (7th percentile), trailing Theodore Herberg Middle in every grade and subject, and Morningside Community School sits at the 7th percentile — so the district's largest elementaries hold its lowest scores. Both middle schools show a 6th-grade-to-8th-grade decline. Crosby Educational Academy and Eagle Education Academy report extreme outcomes on just 24 students each, which read as individual signals rather than school quality.
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