Lambert-Lavoie

Lambert-Lavoie is a compact K-5 school in Chicopee, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Chicopee. The school enrolls 246 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Lambert-Lavoie is one of 15 schools operated by Chicopee, a district that serves 6,755 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lambert-Lavoie records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Lambert-Lavoie shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hampden County shows median household income runs about $71,306, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Hampden County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), of which Lambert-Lavoie is one.

The closest other public school is Chicopee Comprehensive High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lambert-Lavoie.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Lambert-Lavoie's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 246). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 66% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.