Summary:
West Springfield has a single public middle school serving grades 6 through 8: West Springfield Middle, located at 31 Middle School Dr with 909 students — roughly 300 per grade — and a student–teacher ratio of 11.4, which implies about 80 teachers. Because it is the only middle school in the area, its enrollment represents essentially the entire middle-grade population of the West Springfield district, so there are no local peer schools to compare it against; the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state.
The school's standout story is how quickly it has improved. Proficiency rose in every tested subject between 2024‑2025 and 2025‑2026 — ELA +6.4 points (to 39.20), Math +11.0 (to 36.76), Science +13.0 (to 33.58), and Grade 8 Civics +14.3 (to 34.33) — and each gain outpaced the district's own change. ELA is especially notable because state ELA proficiency actually declined over the same period. Statewide, the school climbed from 314th of 484 schools (35th percentile, 2 stars) to 218th of 478 (54th percentile, 3 stars), a 96-position jump that lifted it from below the middle of the pack to above it and above its own district's overall standing (34th percentile). At every grade level tested, the school now outperforms its district.
Two areas are worth watching. Grade 6 math is a genuine bright spot at 47.10% proficient, 4.5 points above the state, but math then slides to 32.86 in Grade 7 and 30.22 in Grade 8 — 11.5 points below the state by eighth grade. Grade 8 is where the school trails the state in all four tested subjects: ELA, Math, Science, and Civics. Note also that free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported, so equity comparisons aren't possible, and the per-student spending figure of $14,436 dates to 2020‑2021 and cannot be linked to current results.
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