Summary:
ZIP code 01104 contains two high schools, both serving grades 6–12, so their data blends middle and high school performance: The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning, a district school in Springfield with 593 students, and Baystate Academy Charter Public School, a charter school in Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District) with 388 students — 981 students combined.
Renaissance stands out on completion measures: a 98.7% graduation rate and 1.3% dropout rate, compared with 86.0% and 4.7% at Baystate and district figures of 82.0% and 9.7%. It also ranks higher (284 of 353, percentile 20, 1 star) than Baystate (334 of 353, percentile 5, 0 stars). On 2025–2026 MCAS, Renaissance leads in ELA (21.46% vs 9.77%), 10th grade ELA (32.35% vs 10.34%), 10th grade math (24.19% vs 14.81%), 10th grade science (16.98% vs 4.00%), biology (16.36% vs 8.57%), and 8th grade civics (22.08% vs 15.25%). Its All Grades ELA slipped year over year (24.43% to 21.46%) while science and civics improved.
Baystate's clearest advantages are smaller classes — a 6.7 student-teacher ratio versus 11 — and some math results: 11.93% versus 8.20% in All Grades math, and 21.31% versus 9.09% in 8th grade math. Still, both schools score below the state in every reported MCAS comparison, with gaps of roughly 13 to 36 points. Seventh grade math is a shared weakness (4.82% at Renaissance, 1.72% at Baystate, versus 37.48% statewide). Free/reduced lunch data is unavailable for both schools, so poverty comparisons cannot be made, and per-student spending figures date to 2020–2021 rather than reflecting current budgets.
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