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Sumner Avenue

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

45 Sumner Avenue, Springfield, MA 01108 · (413) 787-7430 · Part of Springfield School District

Springfield’s School Grade D better than 10% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
490
Students per teacher
10:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Sumner Avenue

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 22 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher
  • Next stop for Springfield kids: 19 middle schools

On the path

Where Springfield kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Sumner AvenueYou are here
6–819 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts27%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

45 Sumner Avenue, Springfield

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K73
Kindergarten86
Grade 179
Grade 260
Grade 370
Grade 460
Grade 562
Enrollment over time
507’20
495’21
460’22
488’23
490’24

Down 3.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 67%Black 18%White 7%Two or more races 4%Asian 3%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Sumner Avenue from Springfield families.

Other schools in Springfield School District

The district →

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Springfield’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.