Emergence Academy

As a cozy senior high in Springfield, Massachusetts, Emergence Academy educates 382 students from grades 6 through 11, run under Springfield. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Springfield runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 23,670 students. Emergence Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Emergence Academy reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 30% Black, 16% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Emergence Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Hampden County shows median household income runs about $71,306, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Hampden County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), of which Emergence Academy is one.

The closest other public school is High School Of Commerce, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emergence Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

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