Ranks #335 of 335 Massachusetts high schools.
SAT is the average total score of test takers. Graduation is the four-year rate. College is the share of graduates who report plans to attend a 2- or 4-year college.
Springfield is Massachusetts' third-largest city, located in the Pioneer Valley along the Connecticut River in the western part of the state. Known as the birthplace of basketball, invented by James Naismith at Springfield College in 1891, the city has a rich industrial history and serves as the urban and commercial center of Western Massachusetts. Emergence Academy is a smaller alternative high school within the Springfield Public Schools system, designed to serve students who may benefit from a non-traditional educational environment.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: SAT scores, in the bottom 1% statewide. The average SAT score is 667, vs 1091 at the typical MA high school.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 15.7% in 2022 to 12.7% in 2025.
The overall rank weighs SAT (30%), MCAS (25%), AP results (20%), and graduates' college plans (25%). Categories rank only the schools with data for them. How we rank
SAT
38 students took the SAT.
"MA avg" is the average of the 335 high schools we rank. Only students who choose to take the SAT are counted.
AP & advanced courses
Students
51.3% female · 48.4% male · 0.3% nonbinary
Teachers
Attendance & safety
8.1 days absent per student (MA avg 13.2) · Suspensions: 11.9% out-of-school, 0% in-school (MA high school avg 4% / 2.2%)
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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