Summary:
ZIP code 01151 in Indian Orchard contains exactly one elementary-level public school: Indian Orchard Elementary, a PK–5 school with 580 students in the Springfield district at 95 Milton Street. Because it is the only public elementary option in this ZIP, families here have a single school represented in the data, and its overall performance sits well below the state average.
Both the school and the district rank in the bottom decile of Massachusetts. Springfield is ranked 322 of 351 districts (8th percentile, 0 stars), while Indian Orchard Elementary ranked 805 of 899 elementary schools in 2025–2026 (10th percentile, 1 star) — down from 766 of 906 (15th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025, though better than 838 of 916 (9th percentile, 0 stars) in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was essentially tied with the district in Mathematics (17.41% vs. 17.37%) and slightly above in Science (21.31% vs. 20.90%), but below in ELA (19.91% vs. 22.09%). Against the state, gaps are large: roughly 20 percentage points in ELA and Science and nearly 24 points in Mathematics.
Grade-level results vary sharply. Fourth-grade Mathematics (24.00% proficient) is the strongest result and above the district, and third-grade ELA (25.84%) is the best ELA grade. Weak spots include fifth-grade Mathematics (6.56% proficient) and fourth-grade ELA (13.33%), both far below district and state. Results also declined from 2024–2025, especially Mathematics (-5.56 points), while district and state math improved slightly. For context, the student-teacher ratio was 12.9 in 2024–2025 and per-student spending was $18,854 in 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch data is unavailable, not 0%.
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