Taconic High

Taconic High is a four-year high school of reasonably sized scale in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, part of Pittsfield, caters to 824 students in grades 9 through 12.

Taconic High is one of 14 schools operated by Pittsfield, a district that serves 4,873 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Taconic High records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Berkshire County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Berkshire County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,013 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Berkshire County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,704 students), Taconic High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Silvio O Conte Community, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Taconic High operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 824 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 10% to 18% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.