Summary:
ZIP code 01028 in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts contains just one middle school — Birchland Park — which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 590 students as part of the East Longmeadow district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, the most useful comparisons are between Birchland Park and its district and state averages rather than against a neighboring school.
Birchland Park stands out for performing above state averages. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 47.27% in English language arts, 49.66% in mathematics, and 45.92% in science, compared with state figures of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. It also exceeded state results in every reported subject the prior year, including civics, where it reached 53.93% against a state rate of 39.16%. The academic high point is 7th grade, where ELA proficiency was 59.12% and math was 55.80%, far above state levels of 39.91% and 37.48%. District 7th-grade numbers match the school exactly, suggesting Birchland Park largely drives those results. The clearest soft spot is 6th grade ELA at 37.02%, below the state's 40.26% but slightly above the district's 36.15%. Civics also slipped year over year, from 53.93% to 45.41%, though it remains above the state's 39.77%.
In rankings, the school was 137th of 478 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 71st percentile with 4 stars, after 3 stars in 2023–2024 and 4 stars in 2024–2025. The district is ranked 161st of 351, at the 54th percentile with 3 stars. Other context: a student-teacher ratio of 10.8, per-student spending of $17,101, and no reported free/reduced lunch figure, which limits socioeconomic context.
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