Mapleshade

Mapleshade is the name of a small elementary school in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. It had 297 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 3 through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Massachusetts enroll about 381 students on average.

Mapleshade falls under East Longmeadow, which has 5 schools enrolling 2,442 students.

White students are 65% of those enrolled at Mapleshade. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Hampden County, where about 64% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.8:1. That is in line with the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.

In Hampden County, median household income comes to about $71,306, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Hampden County counts 168 public schools with about 68,540 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Birchland Park, is about 0.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

The school grew from 275 students in 2020-21 to 297 in 2024-25.

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