Holyoke STEM Academy

Holyoke STEM Academy is a middle school of tight-knit scale in Holyoke, Massachusetts, part of Holyoke, hosting 289 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 47% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Within Holyoke, which oversees 10 schools and 4,795 students, Holyoke STEM Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Holyoke STEM Academy reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 9% White, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hampden County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Hampden County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), Holyoke STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maurice A Donahue Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

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