Pre-K · Massachusetts

Early Childhood Education Center

Free meals for all

Early Childhood Education Center, a public pre-k school in Springfield, Massachusetts: grade pre-k, 165 students, 9.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Springfield.

Size and class size

Compared with pre-K centers of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 165
Teachers (FTE): 18.3
Students per teacher: 9.0
Grades: Pre-K; Pre-K

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of pre-K centers in Massachusetts

Median 13.6 · 73 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 16.0 · 1,186 schools compared

Larger than 79% of pre-K centers in Massachusetts

Median 114 · 73 schools compared

Larger than 64% of pre-K centers in the US

Median 117 · 1,436 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: Pre-K · Grade Pre-K
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Springfield

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Springfield.

Location

Address: 15 Catherine Street, Springfield, MA 01109
Phone: (413)787-7100
City or town: Springfield
County: Hampden County

Website Quality of life in Springfield Schools in Springfield

Nearby pre-K centers

The closest public pre-K centers by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Margaret C EllsFree meals for all	Pre-K	141	7.7	0.9 mi
Balliet PreschoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	99	8.8	2.0 mi
Szetela Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K	222	13.9	3.8 mi
Agawam Early Childhood Center	Pre-K	135	19.3	4.5 mi
Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center	Pre-K	162	20.1	9.2 mi
Quaboag Integrated PreschoolFree meals for all	Pre-K	53	26.5	20.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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