Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical

What the Numbers Say About Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical

Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical is a small school district in Massachusetts, serving 523 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,792. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $143,231, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2508950 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Massachusetts statewide average of $131,464, teacher pay in Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 9.0% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (74.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Massachusetts, it pays more than 73% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical reports $13.0M in total expenditure against $13.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 39% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. , special-education teacher pay is $0.3M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.