Bellamy Middle

Bellamy Middle is one of the mid-tier junior highs in Chicopee, Massachusetts, operated by Chicopee, with 776 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Bellamy Middle sits 42% above that benchmark.

Chicopee comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,755 students; Bellamy Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bellamy Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 41% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Hampden County reports that median household income runs about $71,306, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Hampden County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), of which Bellamy Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Streiber Memorial School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bellamy Middle.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bellamy Middle has declined 3%, going from 797 students in 2018 to 776 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 47% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.