NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Springfield, NJ

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5 public K-12 schools in Springfield 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
2,191
Students
51.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Springfield has more public-school enrollment than 15% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Springfield's 5 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

Springfield's list includes 2 elementary, 1 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

Springfield's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 91st 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 24-point gap between Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School and Edward V. Walton Primary School 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 85%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
77th percentile

Jonathan Dayton High School accounts for 29.8% of all Springfield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Springfield-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

Springfield school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities

Springfield school enrollment ranges from 276 students (lowest) to 654 students (highest), a spread of 378 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

Springfield operates one school district — a single-district system

Springfield'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

Springfield student-teacher ratio is 13.2:1 — 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. Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School 62
2. Jonathan Dayton High School 54
3. Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School 53
4. James Caldwell Elementary School 52
5. Edward V. Walton Primary School 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Springfield

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 Jonathan Dayton High School 65.7/100
  2. 2 Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School 64.9/100
  3. 3 James Caldwell Elementary School 64.9/100
  4. 4 Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School 64.7/100
  5. 5 Edward V. Walton Primary School 62.7/100

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Which Springfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Springfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Springfield, NJ? ▼

Springfield has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,191 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.2:1.

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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.