John Ashley

As an one-room-style elementary campus in West Springfield, Massachusetts, John Ashley educates 148 students from grades pre-K through K, overseen by West Springfield. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 381.

West Springfield runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,998 students. John Ashley is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John Ashley lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the resource side, On paper, John Ashley has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, Hampden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Hampden County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), of which John Ashley is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bowe, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 37%: 234 students in 2018 compared to 148 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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