Forest Park Middle

Public 6-8

 46 Oakland Street
       Springfield, MA  01108


(413) 787-7420

District: Springfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
454th of 501 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,736 Help


Feeder schools for Forest Park Middle:

Elementary:    Alice B Beal Elementary
    Sumner Avenue
    Washington

Student/teacher ratio:  11.3 Help
Number of students:  352

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.9%
African American:
19.6%
White:
5.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  87.5% Help


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Compare Details Forest Park Middle ranks worse than 90.6% of middle schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 4th among 13 ranked middle schools in the Springfield School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.76. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (67.9%), African American (19.6%), White (5.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Forest Park Middle is 11.3. 11 middle schools in the Springfield School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Forest Park Middle is $17,736, which is the lowest among 14 middle schools in the Springfield School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Forest Park Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Forest Park Middle 454th of 501 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Forest Park Middle in the ranking list.)

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Hispanic students:


Springfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Springfield 329th of 356 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Forest Park Middle

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Rank History for all students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 12.60 303rd 339 10.6%
2004 16.71 298th 344 13.4%
2005 16.52 308th 356 13.5%
2006 12.68 348th 399 12.8%
2007 8.04 373rd 399 6.5%
2008 7.71 380th 407 6.6%
2009 7.40 382nd 409 6.6%
2010 8.91 401st 434 7.6%
2011 5.77 420th 449 6.5%
2012 6.73 426th 455 6.4%
2013 7.54 421st 455 7.5%
2014 4.28 438th 455 3.7%
2015 16.88 380th 441 13.8%
2016 14.91 426th 482 11.6%
2017 14.17 423rd 487 13.1%
2018 12.62 424th 484 12.4%
2019 13.60 436th 498 12.4%
2021 10.50 459th 501 8.4%
2022 13.58 444th 497 10.7%
2023 11.76 454th 501 9.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.85 36th 127 71.7%
2019 35.76 93rd 138 32.6%
2021 31.99 129th 135 4.4%
2022 34.68 133rd 154 13.6%
2023 32.68 131st 155 15.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.68 380th 467 18.6%
2019 28.06 387th 484 20.0%
2021 17.57 442nd 489 9.6%
2022 24.01 413th 503 17.9%
2023 35.78 250th 444 43.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.41 363rd 438 17.1%
2019 26.16 364th 452 19.5%
2021 17.25 415th 462 10.2%
2022 22.94 405th 489 17.2%
2023 21.03 405th 481 15.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 42.98 15th 25 40.0%
2021 52.36 8th 21 61.9%
2022 52.80 9th 26 65.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.43 426th 463 8.0%
2019 12.18 432nd 478 9.6%
2021 12.13 437th 483 9.5%
2022 15.29 427th 494 13.6%
2023 11.79 446th 489 8.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.23 379th 417 9.1%
2019 17.52 398th 424 6.1%
2021 19.66 405th 431 6.0%
2022 27.39 333rd 445 25.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.39 411th 466 11.8%
2019 15.08 416th 478 13.0%
2021 10.08 456th 485 6.0%
2022 13.35 448th 497 9.9%
2023 11.86 445th 489 9.0%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 9.41 456th 491 7.1%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.81 317th 339 6.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.56 105th 119 11.8%
2019 12.19 115th 128 10.2%
2021 14.28 105th 123 14.6%
2022 50.62 76th 135 43.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.51 152nd 172 11.6%
2019 25.15 166th 195 14.9%
2021 20.70 173rd 193 10.4%
2022 31.11 151st 212 28.8%
2023 25.57 168th 209 19.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.53 226th 309 26.9%
2019 26.93 253rd 322 21.4%
2021 21.90 290th 335 13.4%
2022 23.81 308th 368 16.3%
2023 23.35 305th 364 16.2%
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Rank History for White students at Forest Park Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 1.91 394th 395 0.3%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Forest Park Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 360 196 41 330 0 n/a n/a 0 927
1993 319 194 60 371 0 n/a n/a 0 944
1994 286 200 59 309 2 n/a n/a 0 856
1995 349 243 57 264 2 n/a n/a 0 915
1996 349 243 57 264 2 n/a n/a 0 915
1997 281 268 32 324 2 n/a n/a 0 907
1998 261 224 53 326 12 n/a n/a 0 876
1999 246 284 50 326 3 n/a n/a 0 909
2000 278 269 40 331 0 n/a n/a 0 918
2001 313 253 47 348 0 n/a n/a 0 961
2002 288 234 47 338 3 n/a n/a 0 910
2003 288 234 47 338 3 n/a n/a 0 910
2004 256 249 51 380 3 n/a n/a 0 939
2005 214 252 63 395 1 n/a n/a 0 925
2006 252 449 72 165 5 n/a n/a 36 979
2007 209 336 79 374 4 n/a n/a 39 1041
2008 141 181 69 488 2 n/a n/a 33 914
2009 113 171 63 512 0 1 27 0 887
2010 94 159 45 448 0 0 24 0 770
2011 95 156 50 474 2 0 21 0 798
2012 49 84 35 339 1 0 21 0 529
2013 60 92 45 323 1 0 19 0 540
2014 79 125 56 432 0 0 16 0 708
2015 67 118 57 422 0 0 15 0 679
2016 71 125 53 422 0 1 4 0 676
2017 38 127 56 484 1 1 7 0 714
2018 29 129 65 481 1 1 6 0 712
2019 45 128 54 484 1 0 13 0 725
2020 47 152 47 453 0 0 12 0 711
2021 43 129 28 423 0 0 18 0 641
2022 26 103 21 313 0 0 17 0 480
2023 20 69 10 239 0 0 13 1 352

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Forest Park Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 927 n/a n/a n/a
1993 944 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 856 n/a n/a n/a
1995 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 907 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 876 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 909 n/a 0.0 0
2000 918 n/a 0.0 99.7
2001 961 n/a 0.0 73.7
2002 910 n/a n/a 66.8
2003 910 n/a n/a 66.8
2004 939 74.0 12.7 71.4
2005 925 72.0 12.8 76.4
2006 979 75.0 13.1 80.3
2007 1041 75.0 13.9 85.9
2008 914 71.6 12.8 92.3
2009 887 56.6 15.7 89.6
2010 770 68.5 11.2 91.9
2011 798 65.0 12.2 91.9
2012 529 43.1 12.2 93
2013 540 37.6 14.3 95.4
2014 708 50.6 13.9 91.9
2015 679 50.0 13.5 87.5
2016 676 59.0 11.4 n/a
2017 714 54.9 12.9 n/a
2018 712 51.9 13.7 n/a
2019 725 54.5 13.3 n/a
2020 711 58.0 12.2 n/a
2021 641 48.0 13.3 n/a
2022 480 45.0 10.6 n/a
2023 352 31.0 11.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Forest Park Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 927 n/a n/a n/a
1993 944 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 856 n/a n/a n/a
1995 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 915 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 907 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 876 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 909 n/a 0.0 0
2000 918 n/a 0.0 99.7
2001 961 n/a 0.0 73.7
2002 910 n/a n/a 66.8
2003 910 n/a n/a 66.8
2004 939 74.0 12.7 71.4
2005 925 72.0 12.8 76.4
2006 979 75.0 13.1 80.3
2007 1041 75.0 13.9 85.9
2008 914 71.6 12.8 92.3
2009 887 56.6 15.7 89.6
2010 770 68.5 11.2 91.9
2011 798 65.0 12.2 91.9
2012 529 43.1 12.2 93
2013 540 37.6 14.3 95.4
2014 708 50.6 13.9 91.9
2015 679 50.0 13.5 87.5
2016 676 59.0 11.4 n/a
2017 714 54.9 12.9 n/a
2018 712 51.9 13.7 n/a
2019 725 54.5 13.3 n/a
2020 711 58.0 12.2 n/a
2021 641 48.0 13.3 n/a
2022 480 45.0 10.6 n/a
2023 352 31.0 11.3 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Forest Park Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,546 (8.9%) $15,787 (91.1%) $17,333
2020 $1,436 (8.5%) $15,548 (91.5%) $16,984
2021 $1,859 (10.5%) $15,876 (89.5%) $17,736

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Forest Park Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 436th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 454th of 501 Middle schools
 3.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Park Middle)259.9
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)2719
 8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Forest Park Middle)4521.1
 23.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)2511.1
 13.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Park Middle)1611.5
 4.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)1816.2
 1.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Forest Park Middle)1518.6
 3.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)1811.4
 6.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Forest Park Middle)1413.3
 0.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Springfield)2120.9
 0.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Forest Park Middle)197.6
 11.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Springfield)199.7
 9.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Forest Park Middle)199.8
 9.2%
   8th Grade Science (Springfield)1512.2
 2.8%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Forest Park Middle)1912
 7.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Springfield)3021.9
 8.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Forest Park Middle)2714.2
 12.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Springfield)2516.3
 8.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Forest Park Middle)199.8
 9.2%
   All Grades Science (Springfield)2318.1
 4.9%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students725352
 51.4%
African American12869
 46.1%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian5410
 81.5%
Hispanic484239
 50.6%
Pacific Islander00
White4520
 55.6%
Two or More Races1313


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Students at Forest Park Middle are 68% Hispanic, 20% African American, 6% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Forest Park Middle ranks in the bottom 9.4% of Massachusetts middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 352 students attended Forest Park Middle.


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