Holyoke Community Charter School

Holyoke Community Charter School, an expansive elementary-level community in Holyoke, Massachusetts, run under Holyoke Community Charter, teaches 701 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 84% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Holyoke Community Charter is the operating authority for Holyoke Community Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Holyoke Community Charter School reports that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hampden County indicate 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), Holyoke Community Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Holyoke STEM Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Holyoke Community Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 702 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.