Our Results
Springfield Prep is Committed to the Success of Every Student
Together, our community works to create a learning culture where students identify themselves as learners – capable of, and interested in doing challenging intellectual work. We aim to create classrooms that encourage active engagement, promote a sense of safety for taking risks, and facilitate authentic learning through the exploration of complex problems.
2025 - 26 School Year Accomplishments
Exceeding state averages by double digits. Across ELA, Math, Science, and Civics MCAS, the percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations surpassed state averages by more than 10 percentage points.
A track record of sustained improvement. Since the pandemic disrupted learning across the country, Springfield Prep students have continued to make steady academic progress year after year. This year was no exception: performance improved in ELA, math, and civics while remaining strong in science. In fact, Springfield Prep was among just 10% of Massachusetts districts to improve in both ELA and Math for the past two consecutive years.
78th percentile accountability rating. This rating compares performance of schools with similar grade levels using a variety of key metrics (e.g., performance, growth, attendance, English Learner success), putting Springfield Prep in the top quartile of the state’s accountability system.
Historically underserved students achieve at Springfield Prep. In ELA, math, and science, Springfield Prep's Hispanic/Latino students, current and former English Learners, and low-income students all outperformed the Massachusetts state average for all students.
And across those three subjects, every reported student group — including Black/African American students, students with disabilities, high-needs students, low-income students, Hispanic/Latino students, and current and former English Learners — outperformed its respective statewide peer group.
The graphs below show districtwide MCAS performance alongside the percentage of low-income students each district serves. Springfield Prep’s results show what is possible: strong academic achievement in a school serving a high concentration of low-income students.
2025 Bright Spot Top School
Springfield Prep has been named a Bright Spots Top School by The 74, a national nonprofit education newsroom. The Bright Spots project recognizes schools across the country where third-grade literacy outcomes are outpacing expectations based on student demographics and economic disadvantage. We’re proud to be recognized for the strong literacy results our students and teachers are achieving.
2019 Massachusetts School of Recognition
In 2019, we were 1 of only 67 schools (out of 1,846 schools in Massachusetts), and 1 of only 3 charter schools to earn this designation. We were recognized in two categories—“high growth” for having among the highest student growth percentiles on English Language Arts and Math, and “exceeding targets” for exceeding ambitious targets set by the state in multiple areas related to achievement, growth, English learner progress, and attendance. Overall, Springfield Prep ranked in the 93rd percentile on the state’s scale measuring overall school performance.
