Southampton Road
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (57).
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2016, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2016-17 | 47.0% | 56.0% |
Where Southampton Road ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Hampden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #365 of 920 ▲ 43 | #12 of 78 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #375 of 920 ▲ 75 | #14 of 78 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #296 of 901 | #30 of 74 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #686 of 1,086 | #50 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #817 of 938 | #72 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #541 of 938 | #37 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #52 of 602 | #7 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 | 310 | 21.6 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 21.8 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 23.6 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 30.6 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 32% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | N/A | N/A | 24% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (425 to 310); teachers down 29% (30.6 to 21.6).
About Southampton Road
This page covers Southampton Road, a small elementary school in Westfield, Massachusetts. Students in pre-K through 4 attend, and enrollment is 310 students.
Southampton Road is part of a district of 12 schools: Westfield, with 4,834 students.
White students make up a majority at Southampton Road, at 69%. Other students are 21% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Southampton Road, 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is higher than the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
Measured against Massachusetts public elementary schools, Southampton Road receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Among Hampden County residents, the median household income is $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Southampton Road is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Westfield Intermediate School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 310 students in 2024-25, 22 more than the 288 it had in 2020-21.
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