Best Public Schools in Hampden, MA

Summary:

The city of Hampden, Massachusetts has a single public elementary school, Green Meadows Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 309 students. The school's performance is generally strong, with proficiency rates in mathematics exceeding the Hampden-Wilbraham district and Massachusetts state averages, though its English Language Arts proficiency has declined in recent years.

Green Meadows Elementary's mathematics proficiency rates have consistently outperformed the district and state averages, with 46.67% of students proficient in 2023-2024, compared to 40.55% for the district and 40.91% for the state. However, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate of 40.34% in 2023-2024 was slightly below the district average of 43.12% and only modestly above the state average of 39.17%. The school's science proficiency rate of 50% in 2023-2024 was also below the district average of 54.25% but above the state average of 41.95%.

Despite the school's relatively strong performance, its student population is predominantly White (81.88%), with smaller percentages of Hispanic (12.62%), African American (2.91%), and students of two or more races (2.59%). The school has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top 50% of Massachusetts elementary schools, and spends $18,064 per student with a student-teacher ratio of 11.2 to 1.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2024)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2024)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Green Meadows Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	38 North Rd	Hampden	01036	Hampden County	Hampden-Wilbraham	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 566-3996	276	21	12.8		229 (83.0%)	7 (2.5%)	27 (9.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	53.2	436^th of 916 public elementary schools	52.4%		56.9	413^th of 928 public elementary schools	55.5%	23	38.5	41.9	39.4	40.3	35.9	45.5	57.6	46.7	48.5	50.0	$18,064	$1,421	$16,643

Cities Near Hampden

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wilbraham	2.47 mi	5	124^th
East Longmeadow	2.83 mi	5	148^th
Springfield	3.98 mi	72	342^nd
Longmeadow	6.35 mi	6	39^th
Monson	6.47 mi	3	252^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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