Summary:
Zip code 01201 in Pittsfield is home to two middle schools serving grades 6–8 — Theodore Herberg Middle (587 students) and John T Reid Middle (407 students) — both part of the Pittsfield district, which ranks 287 of 351 districts statewide at the 18th percentile with 1 star.
Between the two, Theodore Herberg Middle is clearly the stronger school, outperforming John T Reid Middle in every reported subject and grade level. Herberg sits at the 22nd percentile with 1 star, while Reid is at the 7th percentile with 0 stars. Herberg leads Reid by about 10 percentage points in all-grade ELA (26.37% vs. 16.34%), 12.6 points in math (19.16% vs. 6.53%), and 8.8 points in science. Herberg's standout is 6th grade, where ELA proficiency is 36.88% and math is 28.66% — both above the district average, with ELA within roughly 3.4 points of the state. Reid's weakest areas are 6th and 8th grade math, at 4.46% and 4.23%, and even Herberg's lowest math grade (13.37%) beats Reid's best (12.24%). Reid's relative bright spots are 8th grade ELA at 18.18%, just 0.15 points below the district, and civics at 12.95%.
Parents should know that despite Herberg's advantage, both schools trail state averages substantially — Herberg is 21.95 points behind the state in math and 24.08 in civics, while Reid is 34.58 points behind in math. Notably, Reid has the smaller student-teacher ratio (9.3 vs. 12.6) and nearly identical per-student spending ($17,734 vs. $17,875), yet much lower results. Both schools have lost rank ground over three years: Herberg fell from the 34th to the 22nd percentile and Reid from the 13th to the 7th. Year-over-year, Herberg's ELA was essentially flat while math, science, and civics declined; Reid improved slightly in math and civics but slipped in ELA and science. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for either school, and spending figures date to 2020-21, so those comparisons are limited.
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