Hampden County enrollment falls 0.1% less in 2023-24 school year

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

By T. G. Roberts

May 4, 2025

There were 68,288 students enrolled in Hampden County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.1% fewer than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

In comparison to the gender breakdown from the previous year, the share of boys rose by 0.1% to 51.9%, while girls stayed at 48%. The percentage of students who identified as non-binary or did not specify their gender also remained at 0.1%.

Hampden County had the seventh lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to a 2025 analysis from WalletHub, Massachusetts education system was considered the best in the nation, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

Enrollment at Hampden County Schools Over 15 Years

Gender Enrolment of Hampden County Schools during 2023-24 School Year

School name	Total enrollment	% of Male students	% of Female students	% of Non-binary students
Abner Gibbs School	185	54.6%	45.4%	0%
Agawam Early Childhood Center	150	63.3%	36.7%	0%
Agawam High School	1,050	53.9%	45.5%	0.6%
Agawam Junior High School	551	53%	47%	0%
Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School	425	44.9%	55.1%	0%
Alice B. Beal Elementary School	304	56.6%	43.4%	0%
Arthur T. Talmadge School	224	53.6%	46.4%	0%
Balliet Preschool	131	58.8%	41.2%	0%
Barry School	362	55.2%	44.8%	0%
Baystate Academy Charter Public School	414	48.3%	51.7%	0%
Belcher School	229	47.2%	52.8%	0%
Bellamy Middle School	817	52.6%	47.4%	0%
Benjamin J. Phelps School	308	51.9%	48.1%	0%
Birchland Park School	614	54.2%	45.6%	0.2%
Blueberry Hill School	375	49.3%	50.7%	0%
Bowe School	418	50.7%	49.3%	0%
Bowie School	291	48.8%	51.2%	0%
Brightwood School	480	47.5%	52.5%	0%
Brimfield Elementary School	284	50.7%	49.3%	0%
Center	409	49.4%	50.6%	0%
Chester Elementary School	117	51.3%	48.7%	0%
Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)	254	55.9%	44.1%	0%
Chicopee Academy	69	71%	29%	0%
Chicopee Comprehensive High School	1,212	59.5%	40.1%	0.4%
Chicopee High School	932	46.2%	53.4%	0.3%
Clifford M. Granger School	353	50.4%	49.6%	0%
Conservatory of the Arts	303	33.3%	66.3%	0.3%
Daniel B. Brunton School	295	50.2%	49.8%	0%
Dupont Middle School	678	52.9%	46.9%	0.1%
E. N. White Elementary School	451	52.1%	47.9%	0%
Early Childhood Education Center	188	50.5%	49.5%	0%
East Longmeadow High School	771	52.3%	47.7%	0%
East Street Elementary School	359	56.8%	43.2%	0%
Edward P. Boland School	554	57%	42.6%	0.4%
Elias Brookings School	289	50.9%	49.1%	0%
Emergence Academy	231	50.6%	48.9%	0.4%
Fairview Elementary School	365	54.5%	45.5%	0%
Forest Park Middle School	284	48.6%	51.1%	0.4%
Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center	147	51.7%	48.3%	0%
Frank H. Freedman School	267	47.2%	52.8%	0%
Franklin Ave School	174	50.6%	49.4%	0%
Frederick Harris School	512	52.7%	47.3%	0%
Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College	28	25%	75%	0%
Gateway to College at Springfield Technical Community College	25	24%	76%	0%
Gen. John J. Stefanik School	391	54%	46%	0%
German Gerena Community School	623	53%	47%	0%
Glenbrook Middle School	320	54.7%	45.3%	0%
Glenwood School	296	51%	48.6%	0.3%
Glickman Elementary School	315	53.7%	46.3%	0%
Granite Valley School	387	47%	53%	0%
Green Meadows Elementary School	276	50%	50%	0%
H. B. Lawrence School	334	55.7%	44.3%	0%
Hampden Charter School of Science East	553	53.9%	45.8%	0.4%
Hampden Charter School of Science West	394	57.1%	42.9%	0%
Harris Brook Elementary School	617	52.4%	47.6%	0%
High School Of Commerce	1,060	51%	48.7%	0.3%
Highland School	347	47%	53%	0%
Hiram L. Dorman School	277	50.5%	49.5%	0%
Holland Elementary School	226	47.8%	52.2%	0%
Holyoke Community Charter School	692	45.7%	54.3%	0%
Holyoke High School	1,567	52.6%	47.3%	0.1%
Holyoke STEM Academy	304	53%	47%	0%
Homer Street School	499	48.9%	51.1%	0%
Impact Prep at Chestnut School	202	51%	49%	0%
Indian Orchard Elementary School	565	53.5%	46.5%	0%
James Clark School	303	54.8%	45.2%	0%
John Ashley Kindergarten	204	50%	50%	0%
John F. Kennedy Middle School	367	49.6%	50.4%	0%
John J. Duggan Academy	831	53.9%	45.8%	0.2%
John R. Fausey School	445	49.7%	50.3%	0%
Joseph Metcalf School	205	56.6%	43.4%	0%
Kelly Elementary School	459	51.4%	48.6%	0%
Kensington International School	262	48.5%	51.5%	0%
Kiley Academy	287	51.2%	48.8%	0%
Kiley Prep School	263	51%	48.7%	0.4%
Lambert-Lavoie School	226	56.2%	43.8%	0%
Libertas Academy Charter School	519	49.1%	50.9%	0%
Liberty Preparatory Academy	7	100%	0%	0%
Liberty School	246	54.9%	45.1%	0%
Lincoln School	454	52.4%	47.6%	0%
Litwin School	344	49.4%	50.6%	0%
Longmeadow High School	911	51%	48.4%	0.5%
Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary School	494	53.8%	46.2%	0%
Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School	331	56.2%	43.8%	0%
Ludlow Senior High School	750	50.8%	49.1%	0.1%
Mapleshade School	287	51.9%	48.1%	0%
Margaret C. Ells Elementary School	138	55.1%	44.9%	0%
Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence	356	48.3%	51.7%	0%
Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School	290	47.6%	52.4%	0%
Mary M. Lynch School	226	49.6%	50.4%	0%
Mary M. Walsh School	249	53.8%	46.2%	0%
Mary O. Pottenger School	366	51.6%	48.4%	0%
Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School	430	54.2%	45.8%	0%
Meadow Brook School	562	56.8%	43.2%	0%
Memorial School	208	56.7%	43.3%	0%
Mile Tree Elementary School	360	56.9%	43.1%	0%
Milton Bradley School	391	50.6%	49.4%	0%
Minnechaug Regional High School	981	49.1%	50.8%	0.1%
Mittineague School	140	47.1%	52.9%	0%
Monson High School	295	46.8%	52.5%	0.7%
Morgan Full Service Community School	323	51.7%	48.3%	0%
Mountain View School	273	49.5%	50.5%	0%
Munger Hill School	328	55.2%	44.8%	0%
Old Mill Pond School	576	52.1%	47.9%	0%
Palmer High School	509	53%	47%	0%
Paper Mill School	316	53.5%	46.5%	0%
Pathfinder Vocational Technical School	643	59.4%	40%	0.6%
Paul R. Baird Middle School	532	51.7%	48.3%	0%
Philip G. Coburn School	573	51.7%	48.3%	0%
Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School, Springfield	159	51.6%	48.4%	0%
Powder Mill School	381	53.8%	46.2%	0%
Quarry Hill Community School	125	50.4%	49.6%	0%
Rebecca M. Johnson School	595	54.8%	45.2%	0%
Rise Academy at Van Sickle	216	54.2%	45.8%	0%
Roberta G. Doering School	504	51.6%	48.4%	0%
Robinson Park School	285	43.9%	56.1%	0%
Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy	1,383	44.7%	55.1%	0.2%
Samuel Bowles School	310	51%	48.7%	0.3%
Soule Road School	323	52.6%	47.4%	0%
South End Middle School	189	45.5%	54.5%	0%
Southampton Road School	305	50.2%	49.8%	0%
Southwick Regional School	614	48.9%	51.1%	0%
Springfield Central High School	2,042	55.8%	44.1%	0.1%
Springfield High School	221	56.6%	43%	0.5%
Springfield High School of Science and Technology	1,097	56.8%	43%	0.2%
Springfield International Academy at Johnson	32	53.1%	46.9%	0%
Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech	72	65.3%	34.7%	0%
Springfield International Charter School	1,478	50.6%	49.3%	0.1%
Springfield Legacy Academy	355	53.2%	46.8%	0%
Springfield Middle School	14	71.4%	28.6%	0%
Springfield Preparatory Charter School	487	50.1%	49.9%	0%
Springfield Public Day Elementary School	37	78.4%	21.6%	0%
Springfield Public Day High School	78	69.2%	30.8%	0%
Springfield Public Day Middle School	61	78.7%	21.3%	0%
Springfield Realization Academy	199	46.2%	53.8%	0%
Springfield Transition Academy	115	67.8%	32.2%	0%
STEM Middle Academy	287	54.4%	45.6%	0%
Stony Hill School	291	49.8%	50.2%	0%
Streiber Memorial School	233	55.8%	44.2%	0%
Sumner Avenue School	488	53.5%	46.5%	0%
Szetela Early Childhood Center	240	55.8%	44.2%	0%
Tatham School	262	46.9%	53.1%	0%
The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning School	609	46%	54%	0%
The Springfield Virtual School	304	49%	50.7%	0.3%
Thomas M. Balliet School	278	52.5%	47.5%	0%
Van Sickle Academy	252	53.2%	46.8%	0%
Veritas Preparatory Charter School	615	46.3%	53.3%	0.3%
Wales Elementary School	93	60.2%	39.8%	0%
Warner School	238	52.1%	47.9%	0%
Washington School	397	49.6%	50.4%	0%
West Springfield High School	1,208	52.4%	46.7%	0.9%
West Springfield Middle School	926	47.6%	52.2%	0.2%
Westfield High School	1,006	46.5%	53.4%	0.1%
Westfield Intermediate School	684	47.8%	52.2%	0%
Westfield Middle School	706	50.4%	49.6%	0%
Westfield Technical Academy	548	68.6%	30.8%	0.5%
Westfield Virtual School	62	51.6%	46.8%	1.6%
White Street School	392	53.8%	46.2%	0%
Wilbraham Middle School	606	51.8%	48.2%	0%
William N. DeBerry School	424	50%	50%	0%
Williams Middle School	310	52.9%	46.8%	0.3%
Wolf Swamp Road School	448	53.1%	46.9%	0%
Woodland School	320	51.9%	48.1%	0%