Birchland Park

Birchland Park is one of the mid-sized intermediate schools in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, one of the schools within East Longmeadow, with 590 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

East Longmeadow runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,442 students. Birchland Park is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Birchland Park records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the 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%. Birchland Park is one of 168 public schools in Hampden County (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students).

Mapleshade is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Birchland Park operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Birchland Park's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 590). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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