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The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning
The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning is one of the cozy secondary schools in Springfield, Massachusetts, operated by Springfield, with 593 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 777 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.
Across the 66 schools in Springfield (23,670 students total), The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 11% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hampden County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hampden County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,306, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Hampden County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students), of which The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning is one.
Nearest neighbor: Van Sickle Prep, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning has fell 15%, going from 694 students in 2018 to 593 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 49% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.
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