Alice B Beal Elementary

Alice B Beal Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Springfield, Massachusetts, run under Springfield, with 292 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Alice B Beal Elementary sits 23% below that benchmark.

Alice B Beal Elementary is one of 66 schools operated by Springfield, a district that instructs 23,670 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Alice B Beal Elementary lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black, 14% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Alice B Beal Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hampden County put median household earnings sit near $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Hampden County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), Alice B Beal Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Alice B Beal Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 20% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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