Frank H Freedman

Frank H Freedman, an intimate elementary-level community in Springfield, Massachusetts, operated by Springfield, works with 252 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Within Springfield, which oversees 66 schools and 23,670 students, Frank H Freedman is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Frank H Freedman shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 11% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Frank H Freedman records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Hampden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, 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 Frank H Freedman is one.

The closest other public school is John J Duggan Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frank H Freedman's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 252). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 25% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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