Total enrollment
27,241
-909 (-3%) vs SY 2017-18
71 schools in Springfield
Massachusetts · Public K-12
Springfield, Massachusetts has 71 public K-12 schools in service today, teaching roughly 27,241 students (an average of 384 per campus).
7-year change in Springfield
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
71
+7 (+11%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
8%
was 11%
% Hispanic
68%
was 64%
% Black
19%
was 21%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Springfield
Across Springfield, Massachusetts, 71 public schools teaches about 27,241 students between them.
On the school-mix side, the city spans 37 elementary, 15 middle, 17 high, and 2 other.
Average school size in Springfield is around 384 students, 23% lower than the Massachusetts average of about 501.
Looking at the last 7 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 27,241 students, shrank 3% from the 28,150 reported in SY 2017-18. The school count climbed from 64 to 71 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 68% over the same window.
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