NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in South Hadley, MA

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

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5
Schools
2,017
Students
40.6/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, South Hadley has more public-school enrollment than 12% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Hadley is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of South Hadley's 5 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

South Hadley's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 48th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 97th percentile. The 49-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 88%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Michael E. Smith Middle School accounts for 25.0% of all South Hadley public-school enrollment

That concentration means South Hadley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

South Hadley student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — 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

1 of South Hadley's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. South Hadley High 44
2. Mosier 42
3. Plains Elementary 42
4. Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School 38
5. Michael E. Smith Middle School 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in South Hadley

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 Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School 60.3/100
  2. 2 Plains Elementary 47.9/100
  3. 3 Mosier 41.7/100
  4. 4 Michael E. Smith Middle School 40.6/100
  5. 5 South Hadley High 39.4/100

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Which South Hadley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

South Hadley High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the South Hadley schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in South Hadley, MA? ▼

South Hadley has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,017 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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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.