Springfield Realization Academy

Springfield Realization Academy is one of the very small middle-grades schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, run under Springfield, with 212 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Springfield Realization Academy sits 61% below that benchmark.

Across the 66 schools in Springfield (23,670 students total), Springfield Realization Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Springfield Realization Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Springfield Realization Academy higher than the state norm the norm.

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), Springfield Realization Academy is one campus in the mix.

Forest Park Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Springfield Realization Academy.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

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