Buckland-Shelburne Regional

Buckland-Shelburne Regional, a close-knit K-5 school in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, run under Mohawk Trail, instructs 270 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Buckland-Shelburne Regional sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Buckland-Shelburne Regional is one of 4 schools operated by Mohawk Trail, a district that serves 805 students overall.

On demographics, Buckland-Shelburne Regional records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Buckland-Shelburne Regional has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Buckland-Shelburne Regional higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $74,907, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Franklin County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,666 students), of which Buckland-Shelburne Regional is one.

The closest other public school is Mohawk Trail Regional School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 273 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025.

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