Kensington International School

Kensington International School, an intimate primary school in Springfield, Massachusetts, overseen by Springfield, instructs 278 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Springfield comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 23,670 students; Kensington International School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kensington International School logs that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 21% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Kensington International School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Kensington International School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hampden County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Kensington International School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Springfield High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kensington International School.

Kensington International School operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kensington International School has fell 10%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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