STEM Middle Academy

STEM Middle Academy is an intermediate school of compact scale in Springfield, Massachusetts, operated by Springfield, serveing 269 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 547.

Springfield runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 23,670 students. STEM Middle Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, STEM Middle Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest is composed of 14% White, 13% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hampden County) logs that median household income runs about $71,306, 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), STEM Middle Academy is one campus in the mix.

Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STEM Middle Academy.

STEM Middle Academy operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. STEM Middle Academy's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 269). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 20% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the STEM Middle Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.