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Worcester Schools
Worcester is a public school district in Massachusetts, based in Worcester County (Worcester). SchoolGrade grades 46 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Worcester on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Worcester
44 of 46 schools in Worcester carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
B: 3C: 7D: 25F: 9
Best schools in Worcester
Statewide rankings: all 313 high schools in Massachusetts · all 272 middle schools in Massachusetts · all 930 elementary schools in Massachusetts
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- B+ Flagg Street (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Lake View (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B West Tatnuck (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C+ Worcester Arts Magnet School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C Nelson Place (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C May Street (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C Doherty Memorial High (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C- Heard Street (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C- Thorndyke Road (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C- South High Community (High school, exceeds expectations)
Every school in Worcester
All schools, A to Z (46)
- D+ Belmont Street Community, Worcester
- D+ Burncoat Middle School, Worcester
- D+ Burncoat Senior High, Worcester
- F Burncoat Street, Worcester
- D Canterbury, Worcester
- F Chandler Elementary Community, Worcester
- F Chandler Magnet, Worcester
- F City View, Worcester
- D- Claremont Academy, Worcester
- F Clark St Community, Worcester
- D- Columbus Park, Worcester
- C Doherty Memorial High, Worcester
- D Elm Park Community, Worcester
- B+ Flagg Street, Worcester
- D+ Forest Grove Middle, Worcester
- F Francis J Mcgrath Elementary, Worcester
- D Gates Lane, Worcester
- D+ Goddard Schoolscience Technical, Worcester
- D- Grafton Street, Worcester
- Head Start, Worcester
- C- Heard Street, Worcester
- D+ Jacob Hiatt Magnet, Worcester
- La Familia Dual Language School, Worcester
- B+ Lake View, Worcester
- D- Lincoln Street, Worcester
- C May Street, Worcester
- D+ Midland Street, Worcester
- C Nelson Place, Worcester
- D- Norrback Avenue, Worcester
- D- North High, Worcester
- F Quinsigamond, Worcester
- D- Rice Square, Worcester
- D+ Roosevelt, Worcester
- C- South High Community, Worcester
- D+ Sullivan Middle, Worcester
- D Tatnuck, Worcester
- C- Thorndyke Road, Worcester
- F Union Hill School, Worcester
- D University Pk Campus School, Worcester
- D- Vernon Hill School, Worcester
- D Wawecus Road School, Worcester
- B West Tatnuck, Worcester
- F Woodland Academy, Worcester
- C+ Worcester Arts Magnet School, Worcester
- D- Worcester East Middle, Worcester
- D+ Worcester Technical High, Worcester
Where Worcester schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Worcester (46)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Massachusetts
- County: Worcester County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 24,350 students with 2,042 full-time-equivalent teachers and 4,289 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2513230
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Shrewsbury (9 schools, 5 mi)
- Auburn (5 schools, 5 mi)
- Millbury (3 schools, 6 mi)
- Leicester (4 schools, 6 mi)
- Grafton (6 schools, 8 mi)
- Northborough (5 schools, 9 mi)
- Wachusett (13 schools, 10 mi)
- Berlin-Boylston (3 schools, 10 mi)
Questions about Worcester
How many schools are in Worcester?
SchoolGrade grades 46 public schools in Worcester, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Worcester serve?
The largest by graded schools: Worcester.
How good are the schools in Worcester?
Across the 44 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D, with 26% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 22.7%. 75% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Worcester?
24,350 students were enrolled in Worcester in the 2023-24 school year, about 11.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Worcester?
Worcester is in Massachusetts, based in Worcester County, with its district office in Worcester. Its boundary covers about 37.4 sq mi.