Mid Massachusetts News

The majority of students in Worcester County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of the 117,624 pupils attending Worcester County schools, 59.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group, making up 23.7% of the Worcester County student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Worcester County schools, representing 60.6% of the student body.

May Street School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 39% of white students, 26.8% of Hispanic students, 13.9% of African American students, 11.2% of multiracial students, 7.8% of Asian students, and 0.3% of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 1.2% compared to the previous year.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2020. 35% of students were considered people of color.

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

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

School name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. F. Maloney School	White	79.3%	256
Advanced Community Experience Program	White	100%	5
Albert S. Woodward Memorial School	White	63.1%	268
Alfred M. Chaffee School	White	73.2%	287
Algonquin Regional High School	White	69.6%	1,213
Annie E. Fales School	White	48%	331
Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School	Hispanic	60.4%	588
Athol Community Elementary School	White	78.5%	572
Athol High School	White	72.3%	404
Athol-Royalston Middle School	White	81.6%	429
Auburn Middle School	White	77%	652
Auburn Senior High School	White	75.5%	841
Bartlett High School	White	42.5%	365
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School	White	82.8%	1,185
Belmont Street Community School	Hispanic	53.7%	585
Bennett Preschool	White	51.1%	94
Berlin Memorial School	White	85.5%	220
Blackstone Millville Regional High School	White	83.6%	396
Blackstone Valley School	White	83.7%	1,230
Boylston Elementary School	White	79.8%	337
Briggs Elementary School	White	86.8%	524
Bromfield School	White	75.5%	560
Brookfield Elementary School	White	88%	291
Brookside School	White	55.9%	544
Bryn Mawr School	White	75.5%	269
Burgess Elementary School	White	81.9%	877
Burncoat Middle School	Hispanic	43.4%	712
Burncoat Senior High School	Hispanic	41.1%	1,179
Burncoat Street School	Hispanic	54.6%	240
Calvin Coolidge School	White	40.1%	247
Canterbury School	Hispanic	55.1%	294
Center For Technical Education Innovation	White	45%	800
Central Tree Middle School	White	86.3%	371
Chandler Elementary Community School	Hispanic	62%	426
Chandler Magnet School	Hispanic	75.9%	402
Charlton Elementary School	White	85.2%	337
Charlton Middle School	White	84.3%	592
Charlton Street School	Hispanic	62.7%	249
Chocksett Middle School	White	82.8%	279
City View School	Hispanic	61.2%	430
Clara Barton School	White	75.2%	262
Claremont Academy	Hispanic	74.4%	488
Clark St. Community School	Hispanic	55.6%	268
Clinton Elementary School	White	56%	840
Clinton Middle School	White	56%	545
Clinton Senior High School	White	57.1%	587
Columbus Park School	Hispanic	55.2%	386
Crocker Elementary School	Hispanic	56.7%	616
David Prouty High School	White	72%	357
Davis Hill Elementary School	White	83.7%	447
Dawson School	White	79.2%	499
Doherty Memorial High School	Hispanic	37.5%	1,344
Douglas Elementary School	White	88.4%	344
Douglas High School	White	90.7%	324
Douglas Middle School	White	87.6%	298
Douglas Primary School	White	90.5%	220
Dudley Elementary School	White	76.4%	343
Dudley Middle School	White	81.4%	547
Early Childhood Center	White	73.1%	130
East Brookfield Elementary School	White	82.9%	240
Eastford Road School	Hispanic	67.9%	330
Elm Park Community School	Hispanic	60.5%	415
Elmwood Street School	White	73.9%	421
Elsie A. Hastings Elementary School	White	38.7%	475
Fall Brook School	White	47.6%	615
Fannie E. Proctor School	White	61.9%	252
Fitchburg High School	Hispanic	57.1%	1,246
Flagg Street School	White	73.3%	359
Floral Street School	Asian	51.8%	519
Florence Sawyer School	White	84.8%	735
Forest Grove Middle School	White	37.6%	897
Frances Drake School	Hispanic	45.6%	465
Francis J. McGrath Elementary School	Hispanic	40.9%	208
Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School	White	83.7%	343
Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology	White	71.3%	108
Gardner Elementary School	White	60.3%	986
Gardner High School	White	61.7%	804
Gardner Middle School	White	58.9%	489
Gates Lane School	Hispanic	39.2%	544
Gateway to College	White	63.2%	38
Glenwood Elementary School	White	83.5%	333
Goddard School/Science Technical	Hispanic	65.3%	380
Goodrich Academy	Hispanic	48.5%	194
Grafton High School	White	77.8%	875
Grafton Middle School	White	73.9%	524
Grafton Street School	Hispanic	49.2%	427
Hardwick Elementary School	White	89.7%	184
Head Start	Hispanic	56.3%	407
Heard Street School	White	44.7%	246
Henry P. Clough School	White	89.5%	353
Heritage School	White	82.6%	453
Hopedale Junior Senior High School	White	80.5%	436
Houghton Elementary School	White	76.2%	328
Hubbardston Center	White	90.5%	305
J Harding Armstrong School	White	46.3%	391
Jacob Hiatt Magnet School	Hispanic	42.5%	372
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	White	79.8%	109
Johnny Appleseed School	White	45.1%	661
Knox Trail Middle School	White	71.1%	363
La Familia Dual Language School	Hispanic	76.2%	172
Lake View School	White	38%	308
Leicester Elementary School	White	66.7%	493
Leicester High School	White	72.5%	414
Leicester Integrated Preschool	White	71.1%	38
Leicester Middle School	White	70.9%	409
Leominster Center for Excellence	White	64%	50
Leominster High School	White	41.8%	1,034
Leroy E.Mayo School	White	81.5%	491
Lincoln School	Hispanic	56.7%	30
Lincoln Street School	Hispanic	41.7%	242
Lincoln Street School	White	73.8%	286
Lunenburg High School	White	83.4%	440
Lunenburg Middle School	White	78.2%	380
Lunenburg Primary School	White	79.2%	384
Luther Burbank Middle School	White	80.7%	243
Ma Academy for Math and Science School	Asian	63%	100
Major Edwards Elementary School	White	76.6%	431
Major Howard W. Beal School	Asian	41.4%	609
Margaret A. Neary School	White	73%	267
Marguerite E. Peaslee School	White	60.2%	251
Marion E. Zeh School	White	63.3%	251
Mary E. Finn School	White	54.9%	350
Mary Rowlandson Elementary School	White	77.6%	474
Mason Road School	White	74.8%	234
May Street School	White	39%	295
McKay Elementary School	Hispanic	61.5%	727
Meetinghouse School	White	89.4%	189
Memorial Middle School	Hispanic	55.9%	581
Memorial School	White	51.3%	472
Memorial School	White	83.7%	319
Memorial School	White	78.9%	554
Memorial School	White	83.4%	518
Midland Street School	White	51.5%	206
Milford High School	White	54.8%	1,324
Mill Pond School	White	45.1%	865
Millbury Junior/Senior High School	White	74.6%	740
Millbury Street Elementary School	White	70.1%	595
Millville Elementary School	White	87.4%	364
Miscoe Hill School	White	89%	635
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School	White	73.2%	1,409
Mountview Middle School	White	83.3%	772
Murdock Academy for Success	White	77.3%	22
Murdock High School	White	81.4%	263
Murdock Middle School	White	83.3%	269
Naquag Elementary School	White	81.5%	363
Narragansett Middle School	White	89.7%	359
Narragansett Regional High School	White	81.6%	468
Nashoba Regional School	White	83.2%	831
Nelson Place School	White	47%	575
New Braintree Grade School	White	89.5%	38
Nipmuc Regional High School	White	85.6%	599
Norrback Avenue School	Hispanic	32.5%	507
North Brookfield Elementary School	White	84.1%	302
North Brookfield High School	White	80.9%	136
North Grafton Elementary School	White	66.8%	244
North High School	Hispanic	54.8%	1,377
North Street Elementary School	White	73.2%	548
Northbridge Elementary School	White	84.5%	953
Northbridge High School	White	82.5%	513
Northbridge Middle School	White	84.2%	481
Northwest School	Hispanic	48.3%	727
Oak Middle School	White	46.8%	944
Oakham Center	White	85.1%	174
Oakmont Regional High School	White	87.4%	658
Overlook Middle School	White	86.9%	549
Oxford High School	White	74.5%	384
Oxford Middle School	White	77.4%	504
P Brent Trottier School	White	66.5%	385
Pakachoag School	White	77.7%	242
Park Avenue Elementary School	White	47.1%	737
Park Street School	White	82.4%	102
Parker Road Preschool	Asian	42.9%	203
Paxton Center	White	85.9%	454
Petersham Center	White	84.9%	126
Priest Street School	Hispanic	47.8%	134
Quabbin Regional High School	White	88.2%	566
Quabbin Regional Middle School	White	87.2%	517
Quaboag Integrated Preschool	White	76.6%	47
Quaboag Regional High School	White	87.3%	354
Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School	White	82.8%	203
Quinsigamond School	Hispanic	50.5%	713
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School	White	79.7%	458
Reingold Elementary School	Hispanic	51.2%	651
Rice Square School	Hispanic	44.1%	458
Robert E. Melican Middle School	White	72.1%	537
Roosevelt School	White	32.7%	566
Royalston Community School	White	89.9%	158
Ruggles Lane School	White	88.1%	388
Samoset School	White	42.9%	504
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School	White	51.9%	590
Shepherd Hill Regional High School	White	82.1%	923
Sherwood Middle School	White	42.6%	948
Shining Star Early Childhood Center	White	54.1%	170
Shrewsbury High School	White	51.4%	1,823
Sky View Middle School	Hispanic	44.6%	886
South Grafton Elementary School	White	66.7%	294
South High Community School	Hispanic	45.4%	1,666
South Street Early Learning Center	Hispanic	56.6%	564
Southbridge Academy	Hispanic	60.6%	33
Southbridge High School	Hispanic	65.2%	457
Southbridge Middle School	Hispanic	60%	405
Spring Street School	White	55.5%	308
Stacy Middle School	White	57.8%	1,030
Sullivan Middle School	Hispanic	43.3%	827
Sutton Early Learning School	White	86.2%	326
Sutton Elementary School	White	90.5%	304
Sutton High School	White	84.6%	369
Sutton Middle School	White	89.9%	296
Swanson Road Intermediate School	White	79.1%	554
Taft Early Learning Center	White	86.9%	521
Tahanto Regional High School	White	78.8%	515
Tantasqua Regional Junior High School	White	85.3%	551
Tantasqua Regional Senior High School	White	85.1%	677
Tantasqua Regional Vocational School	White	86.1%	524
Tatnuck School	White	40.8%	385
Templeton Elementary School	White	83.4%	644
Thomas Prince School	White	93%	342
Thorndyke Road School	Hispanic	39.7%	363
Toy Town Elementary School	White	82%	294
Turkey Hill Elementary School	White	85.6%	353
Union Hill School	Hispanic	63.6%	390
University Pk Campus School	Hispanic	55.4%	224
Uxbridge High School	White	86.9%	590
Vernon Hill School	Hispanic	56.1%	474
Wachusett Regional High School	White	83.9%	1,930
Walter J. Paton School	White	64.3%	291
Warren Elementary School	White	85%	320
Wawecus Road School	Hispanic	42.9%	133
Webster Middle School	White	49%	590
West Boylston Junior/Senior High School	White	77.6%	433
West Brookfield Elementary School	White	84.8%	257
West Street School	Hispanic	69.6%	335
West Tatnuck School	White	49.5%	364
Westborough High School	White	54.2%	1,178
Westminster Elementary School	White	88.9%	389
Whitin Intermediate School	White	86.7%	495
Winchendon PreSchool Program	White	80.6%	72
Wire Village School	White	70.3%	417
Woodland Academy	Hispanic	76.2%	487
Woodland School	White	58%	943
Worcester Arts Magnet School	White	39.9%	368
Worcester East Middle School	Hispanic	54.2%	740
Worcester Technical High School	Hispanic	40.8%	1,469