Middle · Massachusetts
Springfield Legacy Academy
Springfield Legacy Academy, a public middle school in Springfield, Massachusetts: grades 6–8, 299 students, 11.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Springfield.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 299
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 11.5 · 303 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 531 · 303 schools compared
Smaller than 75% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Massachusetts: 42%1.9%proficient
−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared
258 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%0.8%proficient
+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared
245 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- 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
- 355 Plainfield Street, Springfield, MA 01107
- Phone
- (413)750-2333
- City or town
- Springfield
- County
- Hampden County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 278 | 15.2 | 15% | 5.8% | |
Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)Free meals for all | 6–8 | 265 | 9.5 | 50% | 39% |
Springfield Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Springfield Public Day Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 60 | 6.5 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
West Springfield MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 909 | 11.4 | 33% | 26% |
South End Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 163 | 9.0 | 19% | 9.8% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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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