Litwin
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 36% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 85% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 17 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 23.0% |
| 2018-19 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
| 2017-18 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
| 2016-17 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
Where Litwin ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Hampden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #639 of 920 ▼ 75 | #38 of 78 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #681 of 920 ▼ 14 | #44 of 78 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #129 of 901 | #7 of 74 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #604 of 1,086 | #39 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #459 of 938 | #48 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #178 of 938 | #3 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #161 of 602 | #24 of 65 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 28.1 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 29.7 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 30.1 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 31 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 60% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | N/A | N/A | 38% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (418 to 343); teachers down 3% (29 to 28.1).
About Litwin
Litwin is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It had 343 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Chicopee is the district for Litwin. It has 15 schools and 6,755 students.
White students make up 41% of enrollment at Litwin, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 41% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 64% White among all Hampden County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
There are 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
American Community Survey estimates for Hampden County show that the median household earns about $71,306 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Hampden County has 168 public schools with about 68,540 students, including Litwin.
Of the public schools around it, Litwin is closest to Springfield Public Day High School, about 1.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 350 in 2020-21, 343 in 2024-25.
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