Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center

Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center, a close-knit K-5 school in Westfield, Massachusetts, part of Westfield, hosts 162 students, covering grade pre-K. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center is one of 12 schools operated by Westfield, a district that educates 4,834 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center records that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hampden County shows median household income runs about $71,306, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center is one of 168 public schools in Hampden County (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students).

Westfield Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center has fell 17%, going from 196 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 66% to 77%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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