Beta You're viewing our redesigned school list. Prefer the classic layout?

Schools in Springfield, MA


At a glance
82
Schools
28,679
Students
8
Districts
Top rankedSpringfield Preparatory Charter School218th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools
▲
Biggest riser
Samuel Bowles up 203 spots statewide this year
◉
Smallest classes
Baystate Academy Charter Public School 6.7 students per teacher
✦
Newly ranked this year
Libertas Academy Charter School and 3 more
SchoolDigger ratings
2★
1★
0★
24 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)
Summary:

Springfield, Massachusetts has 66 schools serving about 26,673 students from preschool through grade 12, including 35 elementary, 13 middle, 16 high, and 2 alternative schools, while the traditional Springfield district ranks 322 of 351 districts statewide — the 8th percentile — with 0 stars.

The academic standouts are easy to spot. Springfield Preparatory Charter School (51.74% ELA, 52.22% math, 53.85% science), Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School (55.56% ELA, 47.09% math, 46.97% science), and Frederick Harris (46.70% ELA, 42.64% math, 48.48% science) are the only schools exceeding the state in all three All Grades subjects, versus state benchmarks of ELA 40.03%, math 41.11%, and science 40.98%. Warner posts an exceptional 57.50% in math, and Alice B. Beal Elementary (57.14%) and Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School (50.00%) shine in science. Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted) is a clear middle-school outlier at 51.43% ELA and 43.53% science. At the other end, Lincoln, Springfield Legacy Academy, and Emergence Academy fall below 15% proficiency, and among roughly 56 schools with current results, only 8 exceeded the state in ELA, 6 in math, and 9 in science.

Families should note that graduation rates don't tell the whole story: the district graduates 82.0% with a 9.7% dropout rate, yet schools such as Springfield Central High (95.1% graduation, 6.98% science) and The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning (98.7%, 8.20% math) show high completion alongside low proficiency. High school math and science are the weakest areas — no high school beat the state in 10th-grade math or science — and middle schools generally struggle except Chestnut. High-performing options cluster among charters and magnet/accelerated programs, but charter results vary widely, with Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Springfield and Baystate Academy Charter Public School near the bottom. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank throughout, so economic context cannot be compared.

Ranking:
Map legend
E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private




Cities Near Springfield

See the top MA Massachusetts cities
SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.

Diagnostics