Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 01118 cover three schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, all serving grades PK–5 in the Springfield district, with 1,070 students enrolled combined. The district context is weak — Springfield ranks 322 of 351 districts, at the 8th percentile with 0 stars — but the three schools in this ZIP differ sharply, ranging from near the state median to near the bottom.
Frederick Harris is the standout: 570 students, a rank of 369 of 899 (59th percentile, 3 stars), and the only school here above state averages in all three subjects — ELA 46.70, math 42.64, and science 48.48, versus the state's 40.03, 41.11, and 40.98. Its rank has climbed steadily, from 629 to 481 to 369. Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School (304 students, 40th percentile, 2 stars) is mid-pack overall but a science standout at 50.00, the highest in the ZIP; its ELA (33.94) and math (33.33) sit below state averages. Arthur T Talmadge, the smallest at 196 students, ranks 769 of 899 (14th percentile, 1 star), with ELA 26.25, math 15.00, and science 0.00 — including grade-5 results of 13.64 in ELA and 0.00 in math and science.
Notably, the school with the smallest classes and highest per-student spending (Talmadge, 8.3 ratio, $19,817) has the lowest outcomes, while the largest-class, lowest-spending school (Harris) has the best — though that spending figure is from 2020–21, so it is not proof of cause and effect. Math is the ZIP's weakest subject once enrollment is weighted (about 34.93 versus the state's 41.11), and science is the most polarized, spanning roughly 50 points. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for all three schools, which limits socioeconomic interpretation.
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