Frederick Harris

Frederick Harris operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Springfield, Massachusetts, part of Springfield. Current enrollment sits at 570 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Frederick Harris sits 50% larger than that benchmark.

Within Springfield, which oversees 66 schools and 23,670 students, Frederick Harris is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Frederick Harris reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 21% Black, 12% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Frederick Harris has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, Hampden County reports that median household income runs about $71,306, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Frederick Harris is one.

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frederick Harris has declined 10%, going from 634 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 18% to 12%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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