Early Childhood Education Center

Early Childhood Education Center is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Springfield, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Springfield, with 165 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 57% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Springfield runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 23,670 students. Early Childhood Education Center is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Early Childhood Education Center shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 21% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Hampden County shows median household income runs about $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hampden County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Springfield International Academy at Johnson, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early Childhood Education Center.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 170 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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