Summary:
West Springfield is a Massachusetts district serving about 3,998 students across 8 schools: six elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with no alternative schools. The district as a whole sits at 34th percentile with a 2-star rating, but that average masks big differences between individual schools. West Springfield enrolls 1,858 elementary students (46.5%), 909 middle school students (22.7%), and 1,231 high school students (30.8%). Note that the free/reduced-lunch field is blank for every school, so poverty comparisons cannot be made from this data, and John Ashley is PK-K only, so it has no test scores or rank history.
The academic bright spots are two elementary schools. John R Fausey and Tatham both beat the state in ELA, math, and science and earn 3 stars. Fausey stands out in science at 64.44 versus the state's 40.98, while Tatham posts 46.10 in ELA and 52.48 in math. At the other end, Memorial is the lowest performer — 1 star, 21st percentile, with ELA at 18.10 and science at 16.67. West Springfield Middle is the most improved, climbing from the 35th to the 54th percentile and gaining 6 to 14 points across ELA, math, science, and civics. Philip G Coburn is trending up in rank but remains below the state in ELA and science, and Mittineague is mixed, with math above the state at 44.26.
Among elementary schools, science has the widest spread — 47.77 points between Fausey and Memorial — followed by ELA at 28.00 points. At the high school, West Springfield High beats the state in science (41.57 vs 40.50) but lags in 10th-grade ELA (33.58 vs 45.48) and math (34.75 vs 43.73); it reports a 91.7% graduation rate and 4.8% dropout rate. Student-teacher ratios range from 8.3 to 13.0, and per-student spending runs from $14,436 to $17,118 — Memorial spends the most yet scores the lowest, so spending alone does not explain results. Several schools are small, so year-to-year percentage swings should be read with caution.
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