Summary:
ZIP code 01257 in Sheffield, MA contains one public high school, Mt Everett Regional, serving grades 6–12 with 278 students in the Southern Berkshire district. Because it is the only high school in the area, parents have a single local option to evaluate; the district ranks 179th of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 49th percentile with 2 stars, while the school’s recent rank history is stronger at 3 stars and 58th–66th percentile.
Mt Everett Regional presents a mixed academic picture. Its clearest strengths include Biology End of Course at 56.25% proficient, far above the state’s 37.68%, and 7th-grade math at 50%, about 12.5 points above the state’s 37.48%. It also beats the state in 8th-grade ELA (45.16% vs. 41.7%), 10th-grade science (42.31% vs. 40.5%), and 8th-grade science (40% vs. 38.93%). Graduation rate is 92.3%, above the district’s 90.0%, and the student–teacher ratio is a favorable 7.8. However, 10th-grade ELA is 30% vs. the state’s 45.48%, and 10th-grade math is 32.14% vs. 43.73%. Sixth-grade ELA and math are also below state, all-grades ELA and science trail district and/or state, and 8th-grade civics is 35.48% vs. the state’s 39.77%.
Year over year, all-grades ELA fell from 41.59% to 37.27%, while math rose slightly from 41.07% to 41.28% and science improved from 34.78% to 40%. The district’s ELA and science gains outpaced the school’s, and the district moved ahead of the school in all-grades ELA, math, and science in 2025–2026. The school has remained a 3-star school, though its 2025–2026 rank dipped to 150 of 353. Per-student spending was $27,481 in 2020–2021, dropout rate was 5.1% vs. the district’s 5.0%, and free/reduced-lunch data was not reported in this extract, so it should not be read as zero. Because enrollment is small, a few students can shift percentages noticeably.
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