Munger Hill
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (75).
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 24 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 32 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2017-18 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 2016-17 | 53.0% | 59.0% |
Where Munger Hill ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Hampden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #703 of 920 ▼ 133 | #46 of 78 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #678 of 920 ▼ 35 | #43 of 78 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #532 of 901 | #54 of 74 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #660 of 1,086 | #44 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #180 of 938 | #11 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #714 of 938 | #62 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #202 of 602 | #33 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 | 320 | 30.3 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 30.5 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 30 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 29 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 27.9 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | N/A | N/A | 6% (25) |
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (379 to 320); teachers up 8% (27.9 to 30.3).
About Munger Hill
Munger Hill is an elementary school in Westfield, Massachusetts, according to federal school records. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 320 students.
Westfield (12 schools, 4,834 students) runs Munger Hill.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at Munger Hill. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Hampden County's population at about 64%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
Munger Hill reports a ratio of 10.6 students per teacher, from 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is 12.2:1.
In Hampden County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $71,306, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 168 public schools and about 68,540 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Westfield Middle School, is the closest to Munger Hill. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes Munger Hill as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 354 students in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.6:1) than in 2020-21 (12.2:1).
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