Springfield
8 high schools and 31 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Springfield
Ranks #273 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Springfield is a city in Hampden County in western Massachusetts, located along the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley and serving as the region's largest urban center. The Springfield Public Schools district serves the city's students through a range of neighborhood high schools and specialized academies, including vocational-technical, arts, science, and commerce-focused programs. Springfield is home to the Basketball Hall of Fame, and it is where the game of basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891 at the YMCA International Training School. The city's character is urban and historically industrial, with a diverse population and a mix of residential neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and a growing emphasis on education and healthcare as major employers.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Graduation rate, in the bottom 23% of districts. 89% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 3% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 46.5% in 2022 to 32.8% 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 Springfield
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. "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.2% female · 51.7% 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 2,172 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
15.4 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 10.1% missed 20% or more of school days
About Springfield
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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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