Van Sickle Prep

Set in Springfield, Massachusetts, Van Sickle Prep is a rural-scale intermediate school, operated by Springfield. It teaches 206 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Van Sickle Prep sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

Van Sickle Prep is one of 66 schools operated by Springfield, a district that serves 23,670 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Van Sickle Prep shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hampden County put the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Hampden County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), Van Sickle Prep is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Van Sickle Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Van Sickle Prep's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 206). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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