Summary:
Zip code 01230 contains one middle school, W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School, serving grades 5–8 in Great Barrington, part of the Berkshire Hills district. It enrolls 326 students and is the only middle school in this area.
The school’s ranking has improved from 255th of 493 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 186th of 478 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26. English language arts is a consistent strength: 48.4% of students were proficient in 2025–26, compared with 40.03% statewide, and every grade 5–8 exceeded the state. Science (45.52% vs. 40.98%) and 8th-grade civics (46.27% vs. 39.77%) are also above state averages and improved sharply from the prior year. Math is the clear weakness: all-grade math was 30.32% proficient versus 41.11% statewide, and grades 5–7 were all below state, with 6th grade 18.59 points behind. The exception is 8th-grade math, which at 45.83% was above both the district and state.
Resource indicators show a student-teacher ratio of 10.2 and per-student spending of $23,852 (2020–21). Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unknown. One data quirk: the all-grade math score is below the district (30.32% vs. 34%) even though the school’s grade-level math scores are slightly above the district, likely due to weighting. Overall, the school is improving in rank and strong in ELA, science, and civics, but math remains a clear area of need—especially in grades 5–7. Its 8th-grade math and civics results show that upper-grade performance can be strong, making the picture more nuanced than a single rating suggests.
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