NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Holyoke, MA

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14 public K-12 schools in Holyoke from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
5,990
Students
37/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Holyoke has more public-school enrollment than 63% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Holyoke sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Holyoke's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Holyoke's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 33rd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 79th percentile. The 46-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 37%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Holyoke High accounts for 26.2% of all Holyoke public-school enrollment

That concentration means Holyoke-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Holyoke school enrollment varies 75× across entities

Holyoke school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 1,569 students (highest), a spread of 1,548 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Holyoke student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Holyoke Middle School 53
2. William R. Peck School 47
3. Joseph Metcalf School 44
4. Holyoke High 40
5. Lt Elmer J Mcmahon Elementary 39
6. Lt Clayre Sullivan Elementary 37
7. Maurice a Donahue Elementary 36
8. H.B. Lawrence School 36
9. E N White Elementary 35
10. Holyoke Stem Academy 34
11. Kelly Elementary 32
12. Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College 30
13. Morgan Full Service Community School 29
14. Holyoke Community Charter School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Holyoke

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College 57.5/100
  2. 2 Lt Elmer J Mcmahon Elementary 47.3/100
  3. 3 E N White Elementary 40.5/100
  4. 4 Maurice a Donahue Elementary 35.7/100
  5. 5 Lt Clayre Sullivan Elementary 34.3/100

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Which Holyoke school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Holyoke Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Holyoke schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Holyoke, MA? ▼

Holyoke has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,990 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.