NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Longmeadow, MA

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

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6
Schools
2,764
Students
49.3/100
Avg Resource Index
11.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Longmeadow has more public-school enrollment than 25% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Longmeadow's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Longmeadow's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Longmeadow's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 85th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 12-point gap between Williams Middle and Wolf Swamp Road measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 75%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
85th percentile
Teacher staffing
93rd percentile

Longmeadow High accounts for 32.5% of all Longmeadow public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Longmeadow-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

Longmeadow school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities

Longmeadow school enrollment ranges from 327 students (lowest) to 897 students (highest), a spread of 570 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Longmeadow operates one school district — a single-district system

Longmeadow's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Longmeadow student-teacher ratio is 11.3:1 — 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. Williams Middle 56
2. Glenbrook Middle 56
3. Longmeadow High 52
4. Wolf Swamp Road 44
5. Center 44
6. Blueberry Hill 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Longmeadow

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 Glenbrook Middle 48.9/100
  2. 2 Wolf Swamp Road 47.6/100
  3. 3 Longmeadow High 46.4/100
  4. 4 Williams Middle 45.5/100
  5. 5 Blueberry Hill 44.1/100

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Which Longmeadow school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Williams Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Longmeadow schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Longmeadow, MA? ▼

Longmeadow has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,764 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.3:1.

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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.