Schools in Bernardston
Bernardston is served by Pioneer Valley. The town's districts run through the end of secondary school.
Where the Schools Are
- Bernardston Elementary School: grades PK, K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, Pioneer Valley
1 independent school is also located in the town: Full Circle School.
What the Districts Spend
- Pioneer Valley (grades PK–12): $26,037 per pupil, 665 students
🚨 Spending is an input, not an outcome. A district that spends more is not thereby better and a district that spends less is not thereby worse: per-pupil figures move with district size, transport distances, and the share of pupils needing additional support. We publish no school ratings, rankings or scores of any kind, here or anywhere on this site.
Vocational and technical options serving the town: Franklin County RVT.
How Many Children Are Enrolled
- Pioneer Valley
In 2026, Pioneer Valley enrolled 560 students across the 4 towns it serves. That is down 52.1% since 1994, 32 years. 36 of them are in kindergarten. Enrolment counts children, not quality: it follows housing, births and school choice.
Reported every year since 1994: 1995 1,215 · 2000 1,179 · 2005 1,092 · 2010 1,167 · 2015 926 · 2020 700 · 2025 581 · 2026 560
🚨 A headcount, never a verdict. Districts across this region have been shrinking for a quarter of a century for reasons that have nothing to do with the schools: fewer children are being born, and the families raising them are older than they were. We publish no school ratings, rankings or scores of any kind.
Per-Pupil Spending Across Franklin County
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Total per-pupil expenditure reported to the state for the district serving each town, and whether that town's own district covers through grade 12. Spending is an input reported by districts, not a measure of quality. Sort order is yours and implies no ranking.
| Town | Per-Pupil Spending | Covers Through Grade 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | $26,521 | Yes |
| Bernardston | $26,037 | Yes |
| Buckland | $26,521 | Yes |
| Charlemont | $29,150 | Yes |
| Colrain | $26,521 | Yes |
| Conway | $26,021 | Yes |
| Deerfield | $23,199 | Yes |
| Erving | $29,704 | No |
| Gill | $23,922 | Yes |
| Greenfield | $22,196 | Yes |
| Hawley | $29,150 | Yes |
| Heath | $26,521 | Yes |
| Leverett | $28,536 | Yes |
| Leyden | $26,037 | Yes |
| Monroe | No record | No |
| Montague | $23,922 | Yes |
| New Salem | $26,209 | Yes |
| Northfield | $26,037 | Yes |
| Orange | $21,591 | Yes |
| Rowe | $31,765 | No |
| Shelburne | $26,521 | Yes |
| Shutesbury | $28,536 | Yes |
| Sunderland | $22,836 | Yes |
| Warwick | $26,037 | Yes |
| Wendell | $26,209 | Yes |
| Whately | $22,836 | Yes |
The line under each Per-Pupil Spending is its margin from this table's middle of $26,209: left of centre is below it, right of centre is above, and both sides are drawn to the same scale. The middle is this table's own and does not move when you sort. It is a distance, not a position in a league table, and nothing here is ranked.
What These Columns Mean
- Town
- Towns in the same county.
- Per-Pupil Spending
- Total expenditure per pupil for the district serving the town. An input figure reported to the state, not a measure of quality and not a rating.
- Covers Through Grade 12
- Whether the town's own district runs through the end of secondary, or older students are tuitioned elsewhere.
Cite: RE413. “Per-Pupil Spending Across Franklin County.” Updated September 19, 2026. https://www.re413.com/towns/bernardston-ma/schools/, underlying sources at https://www.re413.com/sources/.
Before You Rely on Any of This
District boundaries and school assignments change, and a town can send children to different schools by grade or by neighbourhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district office before it decides a purchase. Our regional piece on which towns send their teenagers elsewhere covers the fourteen that run no high school at all.
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Sources
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Districts serving the town, the grades each covers, school locations, per-pupil expenditure and enrolment. No ratings or scores are published by us.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.