South End Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 49 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 33% |
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 4.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 4.0% |
| 2018-19 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| 2017-18 | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| 2016-17 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
Where South End Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Hampden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #289 of 304 ▲ 11 | #19 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #277 of 304 ▲ 13 | #17 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #67 of 299 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #303 of 310 | #28 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #10 of 204 | #3 of 16 |
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 | 163 | 18.2 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 19.2 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 18 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 22 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 18 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 21 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (240 to 163); teachers up 1% (18 to 18.2).
About South End Middle School
South End Middle School is a very small middle school located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has 163 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Massachusetts average about 547 students, which makes this school 70% below average.
South End Middle School is a school in Springfield. The district has 66 schools and 23,670 students.
The largest group at South End Middle School is Hispanic students, at 74%. The remaining students are 20% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Among people living in Hampden County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, South End Middle School scores 42%.
Its staff includes 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in Massachusetts average 11.5:1, 2.6 more students per teacher than here.
American Community Survey estimates for Hampden County show that median household income comes to about $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hampden County counts 168 public schools with about 68,540 students.
South End Middle School's nearest public school is Milton Bradley School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
NCES assigns South End Middle School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 163, compared with 243 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.1:1 to 9.0:1.
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