📍 125 Montgomery St., Chicopee, Hampden County, 01020
Belcher is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicopee, Hampden County. The school has 224 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chicopee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Belcher enrolls 224 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 104 | 46% |
| White | 83 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Belcher is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-10, state senate district 7, state house district 109.
Belcher is one of 15 schools in Chicopee, based in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The district serves 6,755 students district-wide and employs 599 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 224 students, Belcher is smaller than the district average of about 450 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large