Other · Massachusetts

The Springfield Virtual School

Fully virtualFree meals for all

The Springfield Virtual School, a public other school in Springfield, Massachusetts: grades 3–12, 250 students, 8.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Springfield.

Size and class size

Compared with 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
250
Teachers (FTE)
28.2
Students per teacher
8.9
Grades
3–12
Other

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 10.5 · 34 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 59% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 626 · 34 schools compared

Larger than 55% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 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%

14%proficient

+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 26% · 30 schools compared

111 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

4.5%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 73% of schools in Massachusetts

Median 19% · 30 schools compared

112 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
Other · Grades 3–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Fully virtual
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

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

Location

Address
43 Homer St, Springfield, MA 01109
Phone
(413)750-2011
City or town
Springfield

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Ungraded11018.3
K–121,51116.4
K–125848.2
Achievement First Hartford AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–1290715.4
Pre-K–1258017.1
Jumoke AcademyCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–1257116.3

Sources

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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