Impact Prep at Chestnut

Impact Prep at Chestnut, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Springfield, Massachusetts, run under Springfield, works with 278 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Impact Prep at Chestnut sits 49% leaner than that benchmark.

Springfield runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 23,670 students. Impact Prep at Chestnut is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Impact Prep at Chestnut logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. 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, Impact Prep at Chestnut has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Impact Prep at Chestnut higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Hampden County shows median household income runs about $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Hampden County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), Impact Prep at Chestnut is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted), roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 229 students in 2018 compared to 278 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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