Frederick Harris
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 570 students
Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
285 Dorset Street, Springfield, MA 01108
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
354
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
Hampden County
Schola Grade F · Far below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 919 Massachusetts elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Massachusetts elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence is a charter elementary school in Springfield, Massachusetts, serving grades K–5. The school is located in a midsize city in Hampden County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 354 students were enrolled, with about 9.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Massachusetts elementary school (11.7 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Its Schola Grade is F (far below average), compared with 919 Massachusetts elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 354 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.6 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
- County
- Hampden County
- NCES school ID
- 250008902127
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.