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Springfield High School of Science and Technology
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Springfield High School of Science and Technology
Springfield High School of Science and Technology is a secondary school of medium-sized scale in Springfield, Massachusetts, overseen by Springfield, teacheing 1,091 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.
Springfield comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 23,670 students; Springfield High School of Science and Technology is among them.
Demographically, Springfield High School of Science and Technology reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Springfield High School of Science and Technology tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hampden County put the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Springfield High School of Science and Technology is one of 168 public schools in Hampden County (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students).
Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 1,304 students in 2018 compared to 1,091 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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