Summary:
West Springfield, Massachusetts has 8 public schools serving about 3,998 students: six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The West Springfield district as a whole ranks 230th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 34th percentile with 2 stars — but outcomes differ sharply from school to school.
The strongest choices are the elementary schools Tatham and John R Fausey, both of which exceed state proficiency in ELA, Math, and Science in the two most recent years. Tatham reaches 46.1% in ELA, 52.48% in Math, and 56.36% in Science; Fausey posts 41.39%, 53.48%, and 64.44%. West Springfield Middle is the most improved school in the city, moving from 2 to 3 stars and gaining in every subject, including Science rising from 20.62% to 33.58%. West Springfield High, the largest school at 1,231 students, beats the state in 10th-grade Science and has a 91.7% graduation rate with a 4.8% dropout rate, though its ELA and Math proficiency trail state.
Memorial is the weakest performer at 1 star and the 21st percentile, with only 18.1% in ELA and 16.67% in Science despite the city's highest per-student spending ($17,118). Philip G Coburn, the largest elementary with 699 students, and Mittineague, the smallest with 110, both fall below district and state in most subjects, although Mittineague's Math (44.26%) is above state. John Ashley serves PK–K only, so it has no test scores or ranking. The pattern is clear: strong results are possible here, but they are not shared across the city.
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