Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

===Grade schools===
[[The Springfield Plan]] for [[citizenship education (subject)|citizenship education]] drew national attention in the 1940s for its efforts to combat racism.

====Public schools (K–12)====

Springfield has the second-largest school district in Massachusetts and in New England. It operates 38 elementary schools, six high schools, six middle schools (6–8), and seven specialized schools. The main high schools in the city include the [[High School of Commerce (Massachusetts)|High School of Commerce]], [[Springfield Central High School]], [[Roger L Putnam Vocational-Technical High School]], and the [[Springfield High School of Science and Technology]], better known as Sci-Tech. There are also two charter secondary schools in the City of Springfield: SABIS International, which ranks among the top 5% of high schools nationally in academic quality, and the Hampden Charter School of Science.

The city is required under a 1970s court order to balance schools racially, which had necessitated busing. However, since then, the city and the school's population has shifted and many of the neighborhoods are more [[Racial integration|integrated]], calling into question the need for busing at all.

In June 2015, [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Governor]] [[Charlie Baker]] announced $3.2 million in grants to three underperforming middle schools in Springfield.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Michelle|title=State awards $4.48 million to school turnaround efforts in Springfield, Worcester|website=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|url=https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/state_awards_over_four_million.html|date=June 8, 2015|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170437/https://www.masslive.com/news/2015/06/state_awards_over_four_million.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Private schools====

The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts|Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield]] operated five Catholic elementary schools in the city, all of which were consolidated into a single entity, St. Michael's Academy, in the autumn of 2009.<ref>[http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-17/1232787365176350.xml&coll=1 Catholic grade schools remade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328171232/http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-17%2F1232787365176350.xml&coll=1 |date=March 28, 2012 }}, ''The Republican'', January 24, 2009</ref> The non-denominational [[Pioneer Valley Christian School|Pioneer Valley Christian Academy]] is located in the suburban [[Sixteen Acres, Springfield, Massachusetts|Sixteen Acres]] neighborhood, educating K–12.<ref>[http://www.pvcama.org/ Pioneer Valley Christian Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310195435/http://pvcama.org/ |date=March 10, 2017 }}. Retrieved April 22, 2010.</ref> Non-sectarian elementary schools within the City of Springfield include the Pioneer Valley Montessori School in Springfield's Sixteen Acres neighborhood and Orchard Children's Corner in suburban [[Indian Orchard, Springfield, Massachusetts|Indian Orchard]], a Pre-Kindergarten, among others.

The diocese runs [[Pope Francis Preparatory School]] (previously Cathedral High School), which is the largest Catholic high school in Western Massachusetts. Two [[nonsectarian]] private schools are also located in Springfield: Commonwealth Academy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealth-academy.org/|title=Massachusetts Academy|access-date=April 27, 2016|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204122211/http://commonwealth-academy.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> located on the former campus of the [[MacDuffie School]] (which moved to [[Granby, Massachusetts]], in 2011 after 130 years in Springfield), and teaches grades four through twelve, soon to enroll students in grades K–12; and the Academy Hill School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.academyhill.org/|title=Academy Hill School|website=Academy Hill School|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701012249/http://www.academyhill.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> which teaches [[kindergarten]] through grade eight.

Within {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} of Springfield are many private prep schools, which can serve as day schools for Springfield students; they include the [[Williston Northampton School]] in Easthampton, Massachusetts; [[Wilbraham & Monson Academy]] in Wilbraham, Massachusetts; and [[Suffield Academy]] in [[Suffield, Connecticut]].