Westfield Virtual School

Set in Westfield, Massachusetts, Westfield Virtual School is a tiny senior high, one of the schools within Westfield. It works with 62 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 92% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Across the 12 schools in Westfield (4,834 students total), Westfield Virtual School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westfield Virtual School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Westfield Virtual School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hampden County) records that median household income runs about $71,306, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westfield Virtual School is one of 168 public schools in Hampden County (combined enrollment of about 68,540 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westfield Virtual School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.