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Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education | https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/nation-world-society/education/lynch-school-graduate-named-mass-education-secretary.html
Data showed that Hampden County welcomed a total of 62,621 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial pupils comprised 3.5% of the total, making this group the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 153 schools in Hampden County, Springfield Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 59 students.
Proficiency in core subjects in Massachusetts still remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, 25% of eighth-graders were not considered proficient in reading, and 32% did not reach math benchmarks. Fourth-graders performed better in reading, with 18% not reaching proficiency. However, they struggled with math, with only 68% achieving grade-level proficiency.
Ethnicities in Hampden County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Hampden County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
| School name | Multiracial Students Enrolment | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Gibbs School | 4 | 185 | 2.2% |
| Agawam Early Childhood Center | 3 | 150 | 2% |
| Agawam High School | 30 | 1,050 | 2.9% |
| Agawam Junior High School | 13 | 551 | 2.4% |
| Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School | 34 | 425 | 8% |
| Alice B. Beal Elementary School | 13 | 304 | 4.3% |
| Arthur T. Talmadge School | 12 | 224 | 5.4% |
| Balliet Preschool | 4 | 131 | 3.1% |
| Barry School | 10 | 362 | 2.8% |
| Belcher School | 11 | 229 | 4.8% |
| Bellamy Middle School | 27 | 817 | 3.3% |
| Benjamin J. Phelps School | 11 | 308 | 3.6% |
| Birchland Park School | 30 | 614 | 4.9% |
| Blueberry Hill School | 25 | 375 | 6.7% |
| Bowe School | 22 | 418 | 5.3% |
| Bowie School | 11 | 291 | 3.8% |
| Brightwood School | 3 | 480 | 0.6% |
| Brimfield Elementary School | 5 | 284 | 1.8% |
| Center | 15 | 409 | 3.7% |
| Chester Elementary School | 0 | 117 | 0% |
| Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted) | 7 | 254 | 2.8% |
| Chicopee Academy | 4 | 69 | 5.8% |
| Chicopee Comprehensive High School | 42 | 1,212 | 3.5% |
| Chicopee High School | 31 | 932 | 3.3% |
| Clifford M. Granger School | 7 | 353 | 2% |
| Conservatory of the Arts | 3 | 303 | 1% |
| Daniel B. Brunton School | 18 | 295 | 6.1% |
| Dupont Middle School | 25 | 678 | 3.7% |
| E. N. White Elementary School | 13 | 451 | 2.9% |
| Early Childhood Education Center | 13 | 188 | 6.9% |
| East Longmeadow High School | 26 | 771 | 3.4% |
| East Street Elementary School | 14 | 359 | 3.9% |
| Edward P. Boland School | 14 | 554 | 2.5% |
| Elias Brookings School | 6 | 289 | 2.1% |
| Emergence Academy | 8 | 231 | 3.5% |
| Fairview Elementary School | 13 | 365 | 3.6% |
| Forest Park Middle School | 9 | 284 | 3.2% |
| Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center | 7 | 147 | 4.8% |
| Frank H. Freedman School | 17 | 267 | 6.4% |
| Franklin Ave School | 14 | 174 | 8% |
| Frederick Harris School | 32 | 512 | 6.3% |
| Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College | 0 | 28 | 0% |
| Gateway to College at Springfield Technical Community College | 0 | 25 | 0% |
| Gen. John J. Stefanik School | 16 | 391 | 4.1% |
| German Gerena Community School | 26 | 623 | 4.2% |
| Glenbrook Middle School | 18 | 320 | 5.6% |
| Glenwood School | 8 | 296 | 2.7% |
| Glickman Elementary School | 18 | 315 | 5.7% |
| Granite Valley School | 8 | 387 | 2.1% |
| Green Meadows Elementary School | 11 | 276 | 4% |
| H. B. Lawrence School | 6 | 334 | 1.8% |
| Harris Brook Elementary School | 25 | 617 | 4.1% |
| High School Of Commerce | 23 | 1,060 | 2.2% |
| Highland School | 18 | 347 | 5.2% |
| Hiram L. Dorman School | 11 | 277 | 4% |
| Holland Elementary School | 4 | 226 | 1.8% |
| Holyoke High School | 21 | 1,567 | 1.3% |
| Holyoke STEM Academy | 6 | 304 | 2% |
| Homer Street School | 26 | 499 | 5.2% |
| Impact Prep at Chestnut School | 5 | 202 | 2.5% |
| Indian Orchard Elementary School | 31 | 565 | 5.5% |
| James Clark School | 9 | 303 | 3% |
| John Ashley Kindergarten | 12 | 204 | 5.9% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle School | 12 | 367 | 3.3% |
| John J. Duggan Academy | 23 | 831 | 2.8% |
| John R. Fausey School | 24 | 445 | 5.4% |
| Joseph Metcalf School | 3 | 205 | 1.5% |
| Kelly Elementary School | 3 | 459 | 0.7% |
| Kensington International School | 11 | 262 | 4.2% |
| Kiley Academy | 10 | 287 | 3.5% |
| Kiley Prep School | 4 | 263 | 1.5% |
| Lambert-Lavoie School | 11 | 226 | 4.9% |
| Liberty Preparatory Academy | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| Liberty School | 2 | 246 | 0.8% |
| Lincoln School | 6 | 454 | 1.3% |
| Litwin School | 13 | 344 | 3.8% |
| Longmeadow High School | 32 | 911 | 3.5% |
| Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary School | 7 | 494 | 1.4% |
| Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School | 10 | 331 | 3% |
| Ludlow Senior High School | 15 | 750 | 2% |
| Mapleshade School | 8 | 287 | 2.8% |
| Margaret C. Ells Elementary School | 8 | 138 | 5.8% |
| Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School | 13 | 290 | 4.5% |
| Mary M. Lynch School | 13 | 226 | 5.8% |
| Mary M. Walsh School | 10 | 249 | 4% |
| Mary O. Pottenger School | 10 | 366 | 2.7% |
| Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School | 9 | 430 | 2.1% |
| Meadow Brook School | 32 | 562 | 5.7% |
| Memorial School | 13 | 208 | 6.3% |
| Mile Tree Elementary School | 20 | 360 | 5.6% |
| Milton Bradley School | 25 | 391 | 6.4% |
| Minnechaug Regional High School | 50 | 981 | 5.1% |
| Mittineague School | 6 | 140 | 4.3% |
| Monson High School | 12 | 295 | 4.1% |
| Morgan Full Service Community School | 9 | 323 | 2.8% |
| Mountain View School | 7 | 273 | 2.6% |
| Munger Hill School | 16 | 328 | 4.9% |
| Old Mill Pond School | 25 | 576 | 4.3% |
| Palmer High School | 29 | 509 | 5.7% |
| Paper Mill School | 24 | 316 | 7.6% |
| Pathfinder Vocational Technical School | 21 | 643 | 3.3% |
| Paul R. Baird Middle School | 11 | 532 | 2.1% |
| Philip G. Coburn School | 42 | 573 | 7.3% |
| Powder Mill School | 11 | 381 | 2.9% |
| Quarry Hill Community School | 1 | 125 | 0.8% |
| Rebecca M. Johnson School | 8 | 595 | 1.3% |
| Rise Academy at Van Sickle | 6 | 216 | 2.8% |
| Roberta G. Doering School | 13 | 504 | 2.6% |
| Robinson Park School | 9 | 285 | 3.2% |
| Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy | 27 | 1,383 | 2% |
| Samuel Bowles School | 8 | 310 | 2.6% |
| Soule Road School | 16 | 323 | 5% |
| South End Middle School | 6 | 189 | 3.2% |
| Southampton Road School | 17 | 305 | 5.6% |
| Southwick Regional School | 17 | 614 | 2.8% |
| Springfield Central High School | 59 | 2,042 | 2.9% |
| Springfield High School | 5 | 221 | 2.3% |
| Springfield High School of Science and Technology | 31 | 1,097 | 2.8% |
| Springfield International Academy at Johnson | 2 | 32 | 6.3% |
| Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech | 1 | 72 | 1.4% |
| Springfield Legacy Academy | 2 | 355 | 0.6% |
| Springfield Middle School | 1 | 14 | 7.1% |
| Springfield Public Day Elementary School | 1 | 37 | 2.7% |
| Springfield Public Day High School | 1 | 78 | 1.3% |
| Springfield Public Day Middle School | 2 | 61 | 3.3% |
| Springfield Realization Academy | 5 | 199 | 2.5% |
| Springfield Transition Academy | 0 | 115 | 0% |
| STEM Middle Academy | 10 | 287 | 3.5% |
| Stony Hill School | 9 | 291 | 3.1% |
| Streiber Memorial School | 4 | 233 | 1.7% |
| Sumner Avenue School | 20 | 488 | 4.1% |
| Szetela Early Childhood Center | 9 | 240 | 3.8% |
| Tatham School | 11 | 262 | 4.2% |
| The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning School | 12 | 609 | 2% |
| The Springfield Virtual School | 9 | 304 | 3% |
| Thomas M. Balliet School | 16 | 278 | 5.8% |
| Van Sickle Academy | 2 | 252 | 0.8% |
| Wales Elementary School | 0 | 93 | 0% |
| Warner School | 6 | 238 | 2.5% |
| Washington School | 21 | 397 | 5.3% |
| West Springfield High School | 53 | 1,208 | 4.4% |
| West Springfield Middle School | 50 | 926 | 5.4% |
| Westfield High School | 41 | 1,006 | 4.1% |
| Westfield Intermediate School | 25 | 684 | 3.7% |
| Westfield Middle School | 23 | 706 | 3.3% |
| Westfield Technical Academy | 9 | 548 | 1.6% |
| Westfield Virtual School | 2 | 62 | 3.2% |
| White Street School | 9 | 392 | 2.3% |
| Wilbraham Middle School | 18 | 606 | 3% |
| William N. DeBerry School | 16 | 424 | 3.8% |
| Williams Middle School | 20 | 310 | 6.5% |
| Wolf Swamp Road School | 17 | 448 | 3.8% |
| Woodland School | 9 | 320 | 2.8% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
John R. Fausey School• Indian Orchard Elementary School• Stem Middle Academy• Kelly Elementary School• Springfield High School• Samuel Bowles School• Roberta G. Doering School• Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School• Springfield Public Day High School• Conservatory of the Arts• Westfield Virtual School• John Ashley Kindergarten• Highland School• Mittineague School• Joseph Metcalf School• East Longmeadow High School• Liberty School• Agawam High School• Balliet Preschool• Dupont Middle School• Paul R. Baird Middle School• Glenbrook Middle School• Benjamin J. Phelps School• High School of Commerce• Holyoke High School• Forest Park Middle School• Gateway To College At Springfield Technical Community College• Bowie School• Southampton Road School• John J. Duggan Academy• White Street School• Early Childhood Education Center• Brightwood School• Clifford M. Granger School• Emergence Academy• Sumner Avenue School• Washington School• John F. Kennedy Middle School• Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary School• Chicopee Academy• Bowe School• Springfield International Academy at Johnson• Westfield Intermediate School• Harris Brook Elementary School• Mile Tree Elementary School• Monson High School• Philip G. Coburn School• William N. DeBerry School• Longmeadow High School• Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech• Pathfinder Vocational Technical School• Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School• Quarry Hill Community School• H.B. Lawrence School• Robinson Park School• Granite Valley School• Daniel B. Brunton School• Bellamy Middle School• The Springfield Virtual School• Fairview Elementary School• Springfield Realization Academy• Springfield Legacy Academy• Litwin School• Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center• Springfield Public Day Elementary School• Impact Prep at Chestnut School• Mary O. Pottenger School• Wales Elementary School• Wolf Swamp Road School• Mapleshade School• Frederick Harris School• Blueberry Hill School• Woodland School• Center• Paper Mill School• Chicopee High School• Westfield Middle School• West Springfield Middle School• Brimfield Elementary School• Franklin Ave School• Kiley Prep School• Alice B. Beal Elementary School• Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School• Lincoln School• Barry School• Morgan Full Service Community School• Agawam Junior High School• Chester Elementary School• Hiram L. Dorman School• James Clark School• Westfield High School• East Street Elementary School• Springfield Public Day Middle School• Stony Hill School• Ludlow Senior High School• Agawam Early Childhood Center• Munger Hill School• Springfield Central High School• Frank H. Freedman School• Wilbraham Middle School• Lambert-Lavoie School• German Gerena Community School• Elias Brookings School• Abner Gibbs School• Westfield Technical Academy• Green Meadows Elementary School• Mary M. Lynch School• Massachusetts State Board of Education• Rise Academy at Van Sickle• Springfield Middle School• South End Middle School• Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School• Meadow Brook School• Gen. John J. Stefanik School• Rebecca M. Johnson School• West Springfield High School• The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning School• Belcher School• Kensington International School• Minnechaug Regional High School• Kiley Academy• Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy• Thomas M. Balliet School• Mountain View School• Homer Street School• Warner School• Memorial School• Streiber Memorial School• Mary M. Walsh School• Soule Road School• Edward P. Boland School• Holland Elementary School• Van Sickle Academy• Tatham School• Holyoke STEM Academy• Old Mill Pond School• Glickman Elementary School• Glenwood School• Southwick Regional School• Liberty Preparatory Academy• Arthur T. Talmadge School• E. N. White Elementary School• Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)• Palmer High School• Milton Bradley School• Chicopee Comprehensive High School• Powder Mill School• Springfield High School of Science and Technology• Springfield Transition Academy• Margaret C. Ells Elementary School• Szetela Early Childhood Center• Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College• Williams Middle School• Birchland Park School
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