Mid Massachusetts News

Wachusett Regional High School had the highest enrollment among Worcester County schools, welcoming 1,930 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.9% of them were girls, and 47% were boys.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 83.9% of Wachusett Regional High School's total enrollment.

Among the 246 schools in Worcester County, Shrewsbury High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,823 students, while South High Community School welcomed 1,666 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Wachusett Regional High School is part of Wachusett Regional School District, which roughly covers schools within Worcester County and has a main office in Jefferson.

In the previous school year, Wachusett Regional High School also had the highest number of students among Worcester County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state's student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates in 2022.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Wachusett Regional High School	Holden	1,930
Shrewsbury High School	Shrewsbury	1,823
South High Community School	Worcester	1,666
Worcester Technical High School	Worcester	1,469
Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School	Worcester	1,422
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School	Fitchburg	1,409
North High School	Worcester	1,377
Doherty Memorial High School	Worcester	1,344
Milford High School	Milford	1,324
Fitchburg High School	Fitchburg	1,246
Blackstone Valley School	Upton	1,230
Algonquin Regional High School	Northborough	1,213
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School	Charlton	1,185
Burncoat Senior High School	Worcester	1,179
Westborough High School	Westborough	1,178
Leominster High School	Leominster	1,034
Stacy Middle School	Milford	1,030
Gardner Elementary School	Gardner	986
Northbridge Elementary School	Whitinsville	953
Sherwood Middle School	Shrewsbury	948
Oak Middle School	Shrewsbury	944
Woodland School	Milford	943
Shepherd Hill Regional High School	Dudley	923
Forest Grove Middle School	Worcester	897
Sky View Middle School	Leominster	886
Burgess Elementary School	Sturbridge	877
Grafton High School	Grafton	875
Mill Pond School	Westborough	865
Auburn Senior High School	Auburn	841
Clinton Elementary School	Clinton	840
Nashoba Regional School	Bolton	831
Sullivan Middle School	Worcester	827
Gardner High School	Gardner	804
Center For Technical Education Innovation	Leominster	800
Mountview Middle School	Holden	772
Millbury Junior/Senior High School	Millbury	740
Worcester East Middle School	Worcester	740
Park Avenue Elementary School	Webster	737
Florence Sawyer School	Bolton	735
Northwest School	Leominster	727
McKay Elementary School	Fitchburg	727
Quinsigamond School	Worcester	713
Burncoat Middle School	Worcester	712
Tantasqua Regional Senior High School	Fiskdale	677
Learning First Charter Public School	Worcester	667
Johnny Appleseed School	Leominster	661
Oakmont Regional High School	Ashburnham	658
Auburn Middle School	Auburn	652
Reingold Elementary School	Fitchburg	651
Templeton Elementary School	Templeton	644
Miscoe Hill School	Mendon	635
Crocker Elementary School	Fitchburg	616
Fall Brook School	Leominster	615
Major Howard W. Beal School	Shrewsbury	609
Nipmuc Regional High School	Upton	599
Millbury Street Elementary School	Grafton	595
Charlton Middle School	Charlton	592
Webster Middle School	Webster	590
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School	Westborough	590
Uxbridge High School	Uxbridge	590
Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School	Fitchburg	588
Clinton Senior High School	Clinton	587
Belmont Street Community School	Worcester	585
Memorial Middle School	Fitchburg	581
Nelson Place School	Worcester	575
Athol Community Elementary School	Athol	572
Roosevelt School	Worcester	566
Quabbin Regional High School	Barre	566
South Street Early Learning Center	Fitchburg	564
Bromfield School	Harvard	560
Swanson Road Intermediate School	Auburn	554
Memorial School	Hopedale	554
Tantasqua Regional Junior High School	Fiskdale	551
Overlook Middle School	Ashburnham	549
North Street Elementary School	Grafton	548
Dudley Middle School	Dudley	547
Clinton Middle School	Clinton	545
Brookside School	Milford	544
Gates Lane School	Worcester	544
Robert E. Melican Middle School	Northborough	537
Briggs Elementary School	Ashburnham	524
Grafton Middle School	Grafton	524
Tantasqua Regional Vocational School	Fiskdale	524
Taft Early Learning Center	Uxbridge	521
Floral Street School	Shrewsbury	519
Memorial School	Upton	518
Quabbin Regional Middle School	Barre	517
Tahanto Regional High School	Boylston	515
Northbridge High School	Whitinsville	513
Norrback Avenue School	Worcester	507
Samoset School	Leominster	504
Oxford Middle School	Oxford	504
Dawson School	Holden	499
Whitin Intermediate School	Uxbridge	495
Leicester Elementary School	Leicester	493
Leroy E.Mayo School	Holden	491
Gardner Middle School	Gardner	489
Claremont Academy	Worcester	488
Woodland Academy	Worcester	487
Northbridge Middle School	Whitinsville	481
Elsie A. Hastings Elementary School	Westborough	475
Mary Rowlandson Elementary School	Lancaster	474
Vernon Hill School	Worcester	474
Memorial School	Milford	472
Narragansett Regional High School	Baldwinville	468
Frances Drake School	Leominster	465
Rice Square School	Worcester	458
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School	Millbury	458
Southbridge High School	Southbridge	457
Paxton Center	Paxton	454
Heritage School	Charlton	453
Davis Hill Elementary School	Holden	447
Lunenburg High School	Lunenburg	440
Hopedale Junior Senior High School	Hopedale	436
West Boylston Junior/Senior High School	West Boylston	433
Major Edwards Elementary School	West Boylston	431
City View School	Worcester	430
Athol-Royalston Middle School	Athol	429
Grafton Street School	Worcester	427
Chandler Elementary Community School	Worcester	426
Elmwood Street School	Millbury	421
Wire Village School	Spencer	417
Elm Park Community School	Worcester	415
Leicester High School	Leicester	414
Leicester Middle School	Leicester	409
Head Start	Worcester	407
Southbridge Middle School	Southbridge	405
Athol High School	Athol	404
Chandler Magnet School	Worcester	402
Blackstone Millville Regional High School	Blackstone	396
J Harding Armstrong School	Westborough	391
Union Hill School	Worcester	390
Westminster Elementary School	Westminster	389
Ruggles Lane School	Barre	388
Columbus Park School	Worcester	386
P Brent Trottier School	Southborough	385
Tatnuck School	Worcester	385
Oxford High School	Oxford	384
Lunenburg Primary School	Lunenburg	384
Goddard School/Science Technical	Worcester	380
Lunenburg Middle School	Lunenburg	380
Jacob Hiatt Magnet School	Worcester	372
Central Tree Middle School	Rutland	371
Sutton High School	Sutton	369
Worcester Arts Magnet School	Worcester	368
Bartlett High School	Webster	365
Millville Elementary School	Millville	364
West Tatnuck School	Worcester	364
Naquag Elementary School	Rutland	363
Knox Trail Middle School	Spencer	363
Thorndyke Road School	Worcester	363
Narragansett Middle School	Baldwinville	359
Flagg Street School	Worcester	359
David Prouty High School	Spencer	357
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School	Sturbridge	357
Quaboag Regional High School	Warren	354
Turkey Hill Elementary School	Lunenburg	353
Henry P. Clough School	Mendon	353
Mary E. Finn School	Southborough	350
A North Central Charter Essential School	Fitchburg	344
Douglas Elementary School	Douglas	344
Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School	Blackstone	343
Dudley Elementary School	Dudley	343
Thomas Prince School	Princeton	342
Boylston Elementary School	Boylston	337
Charlton Elementary School	Charlton	337
West Street School	Southbridge	335
Glenwood Elementary School	Rutland	333
Annie E. Fales School	Westborough	331
Eastford Road School	Southbridge	330
Houghton Elementary School	Sterling	328
Sutton Early Learning School	Sutton	326
Douglas High School	Douglas	324
Warren Elementary School	West Warren	320
Memorial School	Winchendon	319
Lake View School	Worcester	308
Spring Street School	Shrewsbury	308
Hubbardston Center	Hubbardston	305
Sutton Elementary School	Sutton	304
North Brookfield Elementary School	North Brookfield	302
Douglas Middle School	Douglas	298
Sutton Middle School	Sutton	296
May Street School	Worcester	295
South Grafton Elementary School	South Grafton	294
Toy Town Elementary School	Winchendon	294
Canterbury School	Worcester	294
Brookfield Elementary School	Brookfield	291
Walter J. Paton School	Shrewsbury	291
Alfred M. Chaffee School	Oxford	287
Lincoln Street School	Northborough	286
Chocksett Middle School	Sterling	279
Murdock Middle School	Winchendon	269
Bryn Mawr School	Auburn	269
Albert S. Woodward Memorial School	Southborough	268
Clark St. Community School	Worcester	268
Margaret A. Neary School	Southborough	267
Murdock High School	Winchendon	263
Clara Barton School	Oxford	262
West Brookfield Elementary School	West Brookfield	257
A. F. Maloney School	Blackstone	256
Fannie E. Proctor School	Northborough	252
Marion E. Zeh School	Northborough	251
Marguerite E. Peaslee School	Northborough	251
Charlton Street School	Southbridge	249
Calvin Coolidge School	Shrewsbury	247
Heard Street School	Worcester	246
North Grafton Elementary School	North Grafton	244
Luther Burbank Middle School	Lancaster	243
Lincoln Street School	Worcester	242
Pakachoag School	Auburn	242
East Brookfield Elementary School	East Brookfield	240
Burncoat Street School	Worcester	240
Mason Road School	Dudley	234
University Pk Campus School	Worcester	224
Berlin Memorial School	Berlin	220
Douglas Primary School	Douglas	220
Francis J. McGrath Elementary School	Worcester	208
Midland Street School	Worcester	206
Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School	Warren	203
Parker Road Preschool	Shrewsbury	203
Goodrich Academy	Fitchburg	194
Meetinghouse School	Westminster	189
Hardwick Elementary School	Gilbertville	184
Oakham Center	Oakham	174
La Familia Dual Language School	Worcester	172
Shining Star Early Childhood Center	Milford	170
Royalston Community School	Royalston	158
North Brookfield High School	North Brookfield	136
Priest Street School	Leominster	134
Wawecus Road School	Worcester	133
Early Childhood Center	Jefferson	130
Petersham Center	Petersham	126
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Blackstone	109
Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology	Gardner	108
Park Street School	Hopedale	102
Ma Academy for Math and Science School	Worcester	100
Bennett Preschool	Leominster	94
Winchendon PreSchool Program	Winchendon	72
Leominster Center for Excellence	Leominster	50
Gateway to College	Uxbridge	38
Leicester Integrated Preschool	Leicester	38
New Braintree Grade School	New Braintree	38
Southbridge Academy	Southbridge	33
Lincoln School	Leominster	30
Murdock Academy for Success	Winchendon	22
Advanced Community Experience Program	Lunenburg	5