Summary:
ZIP code 01085 is home to 8 schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, all within the Westfield district in Massachusetts. The group includes four elementary schools (Munger Hill, Paper Mill, Southampton Road, and Highland), two middle schools (Westfield Intermediate School for grades 5–6 and Westfield Middle School for grades 7–8), and two high schools (Westfield High and Westfield Technical Academy). Enrollment totals 4,238 students, with the largest school, Westfield High, at 1,034 students and the smallest, Highland, at 305. The district overall is rated 241st of 351, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars, meaning it sits below the state average even though individual schools vary widely.
For parents, the clearest bright spots are in the elementary grades. Highland earned 3 stars and posted the strongest elementary math results in the group, and improved its rank from the 37th to the 60th percentile over three years. Southampton Road also holds 3 stars and ranked around the 52nd percentile. Westfield Intermediate School stands out for middle school science, above both district and state levels. At the high school level, Westfield High has the strongest ELA results in the list and an improving rank, while Westfield Technical Academy reports a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, though its test scores are the weakest among the high schools.
Concerns cluster at Munger Hill, which has the lowest elementary scores and dropped to 22nd percentile with 1 star, and at Westfield Middle School, where science and rank declined. Notably, spending and class size do not track neatly with results: the highest-spending school spends $18,923 per student, the lowest spends $13,970, and the highest student/teacher ratio, 14.3, belongs to one of the stronger elementaries.
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