Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Berkley’s public schools outscore 58% of Massachusetts districts
47% of students in Berkley’s public schools are proficient in math, above the Massachusetts average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Berkley, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Massachusetts, not nationally.
From Massachusetts state tests taken in spring 2022, when 99% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Berkley’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 221 Massachusetts towns with household incomes within a quarter of Berkley’s, its schools beat 43%, lower than their 58% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Berkley runs its own schools through grade 8, then shares
Berkley Community School (PK–4) and Berkley Middle School (5–8) are Berkley’s own. From grade 9, students attend the Somerset-Berkley School District with Somerset: Somerset Berkley Regional High School in Somerset. The high school’s own results earn an A, the highest on the path. See the path ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 50% and math 47% across both districts in spring 2022, against 44% and 41% statewide; 95% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 89%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Somerset-Berkley spends $20,982 per student and Berkley $16,531, against $26,530 across Massachusetts (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Berkley’s grade
B: better than 58% of Massachusetts school districts, #128 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Massachusetts average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Berkley, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Berkley
Berkley Community School
Grades PK–4 · 459 students · 14:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Berkley
Berkley Community School
Grades PK–4 · 459 students · 14:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Berkley
Berkley Community School
Grades PK–4 · 459 students · 14:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Berkley
Berkley Community School
Grades PK–4 · 459 students · 14:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Berkley
Berkley Community School
Grades PK–4 · 459 students · 14:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Berkley
Berkley Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 374 students · 14:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Berkley
Berkley Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 374 students · 14:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Berkley
Berkley Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 374 students · 14:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Berkley
Berkley Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 374 students · 14:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Berkley
Somerset Berkley Regional High School
Grades 9–12 · 896 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
10th grade in Berkley
Somerset Berkley Regional High School
Grades 9–12 · 896 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Somerset
Berkley runs its own schools through grade 8 (Berkley School District). From grade 9, students attend the Somerset-Berkley School District, shared with Somerset. Its high school is in Somerset. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Berkley
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Berkley vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Berkley’s borders.
Every school in Berkley
3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Berkley’s schools
Are Berkley’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Massachusetts: the public schools Berkley children attend outscore 58% of Massachusetts’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #128 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 43%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Berkley in?
Two districts: Berkley School District runs grades PK–8, and Somerset-Berkley School District runs grades 9–12, shared with Somerset.
Where do Berkley kids go to high school?
Somerset Berkley Regional High School in Somerset, with 896 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Berkley’s graduation rate?
95% of the class of 2023 in Somerset-Berkley School District graduated in four years, against 89% across Massachusetts.
How much does Berkley spend per student?
$20,982 in Somerset-Berkley School District and $16,531 in Berkley School District (FY2024), against $26,530 across Massachusetts. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Berkley families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.