Veritas Preparatory Charter School

Veritas Preparatory Charter School is a mid-sized middle school located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school covers grades 5 through 11 and reported 712 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 30% above the 547-student average for middle schools in Massachusetts.

Veritas Preparatory Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

More than half of the students at Veritas Preparatory Charter School are Hispanic (71%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. In Hampden County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Veritas Preparatory Charter School scores 45%.

Based on 71.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Veritas Preparatory Charter School has a ratio of 9.9:1. Compared with the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts, this school's ratio is lower.

In Hampden County, median household income comes to about $71,306, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 168, with about 68,540 students.

South End Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Veritas Preparatory Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Veritas Preparatory Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Enrollment records show 419 in 2020-21 and 712 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 9.9:1 over the same years.

The discussion board for Veritas Preparatory Charter School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.