Arthur T Talmadge

Arthur T Talmadge is an elementary-level community of small scale in Springfield, Massachusetts, operated by Springfield, works with 196 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Arthur T Talmadge is one of 66 schools operated by Springfield, a district that enrolls 23,670 students overall.

On demographics, Arthur T Talmadge lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 13% Black, 10% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Arthur T Talmadge shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Arthur T Talmadge tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, Hampden County reports that median household income runs about $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), Arthur T Talmadge is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kiley Prep, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Arthur T Talmadge operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 254 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 26% to 13%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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