Of the 11,249 students who took part in the MCAS, 20.9% met the testing standard while 2.7% exceeded expectations, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The number of Springfield Public Schools District students who met or exceeded expectations grew by 6.7% from the previous school year.
Springfield Public Schools District roughly covers schools within Hampden County and has a main office in Springfield.
In the 2022-23 school year, 467,444 students took the English Language Arts test in Massachusetts with 208,943 students passing, 2.3% more than the year before.
According to a 2025 analysis from WalletHub, Massachusetts education system was considered the best in the nation, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.
| School Name | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceed standards (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori Magnet School | 47% | 9.5% |
| Alice B. Beal Elementary School | 36.3% | 5.3% |
| Arthur T. Talmadge School | 23.8% | 2.9% |
| Brightwood School | 11.7% | 0% |
| Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted) | 39.6% | 10% |
| Conservatory of the Arts | 18.4% | 1.1% |
| Daniel B. Brunton School | 21.6% | 3.6% |
| Edward P. Boland School | 22% | 1.6% |
| Elias Brookings School | 20.9% | 0.9% |
| Emergence Academy | 0% | 0% |
| Forest Park Middle School | 11.3% | 0.6% |
| Frank H. Freedman School | 30.2% | 4.3% |
| Frederick Harris School | 30% | 3.4% |
| German Gerena Community School | 24.4% | 2.9% |
| Glenwood School | 26.4% | 1.6% |
| Glickman Elementary School | 22.5% | 2% |
| High School Of Commerce | 26.1% | 9.5% |
| Hiram L. Dorman School | 24.3% | 0.9% |
| Homer Street School | 25.5% | 3.6% |
| Impact Prep at Chestnut School | 11.8% | 0.5% |
| Indian Orchard Elementary School | 16.9% | 1.5% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle School | 14.2% | 1.1% |
| John J. Duggan Academy | 22.8% | 2.8% |
| Kensington International School | 20% | 1% |
| Kiley Academy | 10.4% | 1.1% |
| Kiley Prep School | 12% | 1.2% |
| Liberty School | 20.7% | 0.9% |
| Lincoln School | 6% | 0% |
| Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School | 35.3% | 7.6% |
| Mary M. Lynch School | 20.8% | 0% |
| Mary M. Walsh School | 21% | 2.5% |
| Mary O. Pottenger School | 30.7% | 13.8% |
| Milton Bradley School | 19.5% | 1% |
| Rebecca M. Johnson School | 20.5% | 1.8% |
| Rise Academy at Van Sickle | 10% | 0% |
| Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy | 41.4% | 4.6% |
| Samuel Bowles School | 22% | 0.9% |
| South End Middle School | 12.9% | 1.8% |
| Springfield Central High School | 27.8% | 4.1% |
| Springfield High School of Science and Technology | 20% | 1.7% |
| Springfield International Academy at Sci-Tech | 0% | 0% |
| Springfield Legacy Academy | 5.5% | 0% |
| Springfield Public Day Elementary School | 20% | 0% |
| Springfield Public Day Middle School | 6.1% | 0% |
| Springfield Realization Academy | 16.5% | 0% |
| STEM Middle Academy | 25% | 2.4% |
| Sumner Avenue School | 16.9% | 2.6% |
| The Springfield Renaissance School an Expeditionary Learning School | 27.1% | 3.8% |
| The Springfield Virtual School | 11.8% | 0.8% |
| Thomas M. Balliet School | 19.4% | 2% |
| Van Sickle Academy | 20.6% | 3.3% |
| Warner School | 27.5% | 4.4% |
| Washington School | 21.3% | 0.6% |
| White Street School | 28.9% | 4.4% |
| William N. DeBerry School | 10.9% | 0% |
