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1.6% fewer students enrolled in Berkshire Hills Regional School District in 2022-23 school year

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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

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

There were 1,169 students enrolled in Berkshire Hills Regional School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% fewer than the year before, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% identified as male, 48.9% identified as female, and 0.5% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Berkshire Hills Regional School District registered the 228th-largest enrollment in the state.

Berkshire Hills Regional School District roughly covers schools within Berkshire County, and has a main office in Stockbridge.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, making up 53% of the student population in the state. Hispanic students come in second, representing over 25% of Massachusetts' student body.

However, across the state, Hispanic and Native American students suffered the highest high school dropout rates.

Under representation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

Enrollment in Berkshire Hills Regional School District Over 4 Years
02004006008001,0002022-232021-222020-212019-201,1691,1691,1881,1881,1641,1641,1851,185

School nameTotal Enrollment in 2021-2022Total Enrollment in 2022-2023% Change
Monument Mt Regional High512472-7.8%
Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School32737213.8%
W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School349325-6.9%

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