Joseph Metcalf School

Joseph Metcalf School, a rural-scale middle school in Holyoke, Massachusetts, operated by Holyoke, enrolls 213 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 547 students per school, that is 61% leaner than typical.

Holyoke comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,795 students; Joseph Metcalf School is among them.

On demographics, Joseph Metcalf School lists that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hampden County) records that the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Joseph Metcalf School is one.

The closest other public school is Holyoke Community Charter School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph Metcalf School.

Joseph Metcalf School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Joseph Metcalf School's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 213). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 54% to 81%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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