Springfield City Wire

Springfield Central High School had the highest enrollment among Hampden County schools, welcoming 2,095 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 54.7% of them were boys, and 45.3% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, making up 65.6% of Springfield Central High School's total enrollment.

Among the 165 schools in Hampden County, Springfield International Charter School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,520 students, while Holyoke High School welcomed 1,515 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Springfield Central High School is part of Springfield Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Hampden County and has a main office in Springfield.

In the previous school year, Springfield Central High School also had the highest number of students among Hampden County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state's student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates in 2022.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Springfield Central High School	Springfield	2,095
Springfield International Charter School	Springfield	1,520
Holyoke High School	Holyoke	1,515
Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy	Springfield	1,360
Chicopee Comprehensive High School	Chicopee	1,206
West Springfield High School	West Springfield	1,186
High School Of Commerce	Springfield	1,103
Springfield High School of Science and Technology	Springfield	1,087
Agawam High School	Agawam	1,052
Westfield High School	Westfield	1,027
Minnechaug Regional High School	Wilbraham	984
Chicopee High School	Chicopee	914
Longmeadow High School	Longmeadow	904
West Springfield Middle School	West Springfield	897
East Longmeadow High School	East Longmeadow	816
John J. Duggan Academy	Springfield	815
Ludlow Senior High School	Ludlow	795
Bellamy Middle School	Chicopee	776
Dupont Middle School	Chicopee	696
Westfield Middle School	Westfield	691
Holyoke Community Charter School	Holyoke	685
Westfield Intermediate School	Westfield	668
Harris Brook Elementary School	Ludlow	642
Pathfinder Vocational Technical School	Palmer	640
The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning School	Springfield	631
Southwick Regional School	Southwick	625
Old Mill Pond School	Palmer	599
Wilbraham Middle School	Wilbraham	599
Birchland Park School	East Longmeadow	598
German Gerena Community School	Springfield	589
Frederick Harris School	Springfield	581
Rebecca M. Johnson School	Springfield	579
Meadow Brook School	East Longmeadow	566
Edward P. Boland School	Springfield	551
Hampden Charter School of Science East	Chicopee	549
Indian Orchard Elementary School	Indian Orchard	543
Westfield Technical Academy	Westfield	543
Palmer High School	Palmer	535
Philip G. Coburn School	West Springfield	534
Agawam Junior High School	Feeding Hills	518
Paul R. Baird Middle School	Ludlow	516
Milton Bradley School	Springfield	515
Roberta G. Doering School	Agawam	512
Veritas Preparatory Charter School	Springfield	501
Springfield Preparatory Charter School	Springfield	487
Brightwood School	Springfield	471
Sumner Avenue School	Springfield	460
Lincoln School	Springfield	448
Wolf Swamp Road School	Longmeadow	444
Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School	Springfield	434
The Springfield Virtual School	Springfield	430
Center	Longmeadow	424
Washington School	Springfield	420
White Street School	Springfield	417
E. N. White Elementary School	Holyoke	413
John R. Fausey School	West Springfield	411
Libertas Academy Charter School	Springfield	411
Bowe School	Chicopee	409
Homer Street School	Springfield	405
Baystate Academy Charter Public School	Springfield	402
Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary School	Holyoke	399
Granite Valley School	Monson	396
Mary O. Pottenger School	Springfield	395
Blueberry Hill School	Longmeadow	392
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Springfield	390
Gen. John J. Stefanik School	Chicopee	389
Powder Mill School	Southwick	384
Joseph Metcalf School	Holyoke	373
Highland School	Westfield	370
Fairview Elementary School	Chicopee	369
Hampden Charter School of Science West	West Springfield	367
Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School	Holyoke	360
Daniel B. Brunton School	Springfield	357
Mile Tree Elementary School	Wilbraham	354
Martin Luther King, Junior Charter School of Excellence	Springfield	352
Forest Park Middle School	Springfield	352
Barry School	Chicopee	345
Paper Mill School	Westfield	341
Munger Hill School	Westfield	340
Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School	Holyoke	337
Clifford M. Granger School	Feeding Hills	335
Glenbrook Middle School	Longmeadow	332
Litwin School	Chicopee	331
Kelly Elementary School	Holyoke	325
Southampton Road School	Westfield	325
Conservatory of the Arts	Springfield	322
Springfield Legacy Academy	Springfield	321
East Street Elementary School	Ludlow	318
Kiley Academy	Springfield	315
Woodland School	Southwick	313
Glickman Elementary School	Springfield	312
Soule Road School	Wilbraham	310
Green Meadows Elementary School	Hampden	309
Benjamin J. Phelps School	Agawam	308
James Clark School	Agawam	307
Stony Hill School	Wilbraham	303
Alice B. Beal Elementary School	Springfield	299
Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School	Springfield	298
STEM Middle Academy	Springfield	297
Monson High School	Monson	295
Mapleshade School	East Longmeadow	292
Holyoke STEM Academy	Holyoke	290
Glenwood School	Springfield	288
Brimfield Elementary School	Brimfield	287
Morgan Full Service Community School	Holyoke	285
Williams Middle School	Longmeadow	282
Thomas M. Balliet School	Springfield	277
Frank H. Freedman School	Springfield	277
Robinson Park School	Agawam	277
Bowie School	Chicopee	275
Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)	Springfield	274
Hiram L. Dorman School	Springfield	271
Elias Brookings School	Springfield	270
Mountain View School	East Longmeadow	269
Kiley Prep School	Springfield	266
Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School	Chicopee	261
Mary M. Walsh School	Springfield	261
Van Sickle Academy	Springfield	256
Liberty School	Springfield	251
Warner School	Springfield	250
Kensington International School	Springfield	248
William N. DeBerry School	Springfield	244
Lambert-Lavoie School	Chicopee	241
Rise Academy at Van Sickle	Springfield	241
Arthur T. Talmadge School	Springfield	232
Holland Elementary School	Holland	231
Tatham School	West Springfield	230
Streiber Memorial School	Chicopee	226
Samuel Bowles School	Springfield	225
Belcher School	Chicopee	224
Szetela Early Childhood Center	Chicopee	222
Mary M. Lynch School	Springfield	219
Impact Prep at Chestnut School	Springfield	206
Springfield High School	Springfield	203
Memorial School	West Springfield	198
William R. Peck School	Holyoke	192
South End Middle School	Springfield	187
Early Childhood Education Center	Springfield	179
John Ashley Kindergarten	West Springfield	174
H.B. Lawrence School	Holyoke	173
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School, Springfield	Springfield	166
Franklin Ave School	Westfield	166
Margaret C. Ells Elementary School	Springfield	160
Abner Gibbs School	Westfield	153
Mittineague School	West Springfield	149
Agawam Early Childhood Center	Agawam	148
Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center	Westfield	133
Springfield Realization Academy	Springfield	133
Quarry Hill Community School	Monson	130
Chester Elementary School	Chester	125
Emergence Academy	Springfield	114
Springfield Transition Academy	Springfield	101
Wales Elementary School	Wales	96
West Springfield Early Childhood	West Springfield	89
Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech	Springfield	88
Chicopee Academy	Chicopee	87
Westfield Virtual School	Westfield	79
Springfield Public Day High School	Springfield	61
Springfield Public Day Middle School	Springfield	51
Springfield Public Day Elementary School	Springfield	32
Springfield International Academy at Johnson	Springfield	31
Gateway to College at Springfield Technical Community College	Springfield	30
Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College	Holyoke	26
Springfield Middle School	Springfield	20
Liberty Preparatory Academy	Springfield	8