Samuel Bowles

Set in Springfield, Massachusetts, Samuel Bowles is a medium-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Springfield. It instructs 325 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Springfield comprises 66 schools with combined enrollment of 23,670 students; Samuel Bowles is among them.

On demographics, Samuel Bowles shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 15% Black, 11% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, Samuel Bowles records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Hampden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,306 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Samuel Bowles is one of 168 public schools in Hampden County (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students).

Mary O Pottenger is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Samuel Bowles has edged down 4%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Samuel Bowles typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.