Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 6.7% of Berkshire County’s student body in 2023-24 school year

Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 6.7% of Berkshire County’s student body in 2023-24 school year
Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education — https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/nation-world-society/education/lynch-school-graduate-named-mass-education-secretary.html
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There were 958 multiracial students enrolled in Berkshire County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Berkshire County welcomed a total of 14,262 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial pupils comprised 6.7% of the total, making this group the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Berkshire County, Taconic High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 81 students.

Proficiency in core subjects in Massachusetts still remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, 25% of eighth-graders were not considered proficient in reading, and 32% did not reach math benchmarks. Fourth-graders performed better in reading, with 18% not reaching proficiency. However, they struggled with math, with only 68% achieving grade-level proficiency.

Ethnicities in Berkshire County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Berkshire County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
School name Multiracial Students Enrolment Total Enrollment in 2023-24 % of Total
Abbott Memorial School 1 85 1.2%
Allendale School 28 251 11.2%
Becket Washington School 6 91 6.6%
Brayton School 20 218 9.2%
Charles McCann Vocational Technical School 6 520 1.2%
Clarksburg Elementary School 3 208 1.4%
Colegrove Park Elementary School 26 254 10.2%
Craneville School 28 453 6.2%
Crosby Educational Academy 3 21 14.3%
Crosby School 36 247 14.6%
Drury High School 40 465 8.6%
Eagle Education Academy 1 30 3.3%
Egremont School 35 386 9.1%
Emma L. Miller Elementary School 0 47 0%
Farmington River Elementary School 1 129 0.8%
Greylock School 32 270 11.9%
Hancock Elementary School 1 58 1.7%
Hoosac Valley Elementary School 18 370 4.9%
Hoosac Valley High School 5 299 1.7%
Hoosac Valley Middle School 11 309 3.6%
John T. Reid Middle School 64 442 14.5%
Kittredge School 4 177 2.3%
Lanesborough Elementary School 3 229 1.3%
Lee Elementary School 9 338 2.7%
Lee Middle/High School 8 308 2.6%
Lenox Memorial High School 20 446 4.5%
Monument Mt. Regional High School 17 451 3.8%
Morningside Community School 47 362 13%
Morris School 19 337 5.6%
Mt. Everett Regional School 21 281 7.5%
Mt. Greylock Regional High School 21 553 3.8%
Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School 26 380 6.8%
Nessacus Regional Middle School 12 358 3.4%
New Marlborough Central School 2 65 3.1%
Pittsfield High School 49 724 6.8%
Richmond Consolidated School 9 158 5.7%
Robert T. Capeless Elementary School 21 188 11.2%
Silvio O. Conte Community School 44 348 12.6%
South Egremont School 2 11 18.2%
Stearns School 23 210 11%
Taconic High School 81 875 9.3%
Theodore Herberg Middle School 54 531 10.2%
Undermountain School 13 257 5.1%
W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School 19 348 5.5%
Wahconah Regional High School 19 482 3.9%
Williams School 20 261 7.7%
Williamstown Elementary School 30 431 7%


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