Longmeadow
1 high school and 3 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Longmeadow
Ranks #41 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 13%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Longmeadow is a suburban town of roughly 16,000 residents located just south of Springfield in Hampden County, Massachusetts. Its single-family assessed home values sit near the state median, while its per capita income ranks among the highest in the Commonwealth. The town is known for its residential character, tree-lined neighborhoods, and proximity to the Pioneer Valley's cultural and employment centers. Longmeadow High School serves as the district's public high school.
How it compares
- Strongest area: AP results, in the top 9% of districts. 92% of AP exams at its high schools scored 3 or higher, vs 69% for the average MA district.
- Top school: Wolf Swamp Road, #93 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 8.9 points since 2023 (65.9088% to 57.0174%); statewide it fell 4.1 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 13.2% in 2022 to 9.9% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Longmeadow
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Longmeadow High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.5% female · 52.4% male · 0.1% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 244 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.3% missed 20% or more of school days
About Longmeadow
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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