Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education | https://www.mass.gov/info-details/secretary-of-education#:~:text=As%20Massachusetts%20Secretary%20of%20Education,the%20University%20of%20Massachusetts%20system.
Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education | https://www.mass.gov/info-details/secretary-of-education#:~:text=As%20Massachusetts%20Secretary%20of%20Education,the%20University%20of%20Massachusetts%20system.
There were 70,442 white students enrolled, making up 58.5% of the student body in Worcester County.
The proportion of white students enrolled in the county rose over the year before.
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students were the least represented ethnicity within the county.
The number of students attending the county’s schools in the 2022-23 school year grew to 120,414.
Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, making up 53% of the student population in the state. Hispanic students come in second, representing over 25% of Massachusetts' student body.
However, across the state, Hispanic and Native American 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.
Ethnic Diversity in Worcester County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Worcester County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
| School | White Students Enrollment | Total Enrollment in 2022-2023 | % of Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A F Maloney School | 203 | 256 | 79.3% |
| A North Central Charter Essential School | 199 | 344 | 58.1% |
| Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School | 203 | 1,422 | 14.3% |
| Advanced Community Experience Program School | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Albert S. Woodward Memorial School | 169 | 268 | 63.1% |
| Alfred M Chaffee School | 210 | 287 | 73.5% |
| Algonquin Regional High School | 844 | 1,213 | 69.6% |
| Annie E Fales School | 159 | 331 | 48.3% |
| Arthur M Longsjo Middle School | 119 | 588 | 20.4% |
| Athol Community Elementary School | 449 | 572 | 78.5% |
| Athol High School | 292 | 404 | 72.3% |
| Athol-Royalston Middle School | 350 | 429 | 81.6% |
| Auburn Middle School | 502 | 652 | 77% |
| Auburn Senior High School | 635 | 841 | 75.6% |
| Bartlett High School | 155 | 365 | 42.7% |
| Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School | 981 | 1,185 | 82.8% |
| Belmont Street Community School | 118 | 585 | 20.2% |
| Bennett School | 48 | 94 | 52.1% |
| Berlin Memorial School | 188 | 220 | 85.5% |
| Blackstone Millville RHS School | 331 | 396 | 83.6% |
| Blackstone Valley School | 1,029 | 1,230 | 83.7% |
| Boylston Elementary School | 269 | 337 | 80.1% |
| Briggs Elementary School | 455 | 524 | 87% |
| Bromfield School | 423 | 560 | 75.7% |
| Brookfield Elementary School | 256 | 291 | 88% |
| Brookside School | 304 | 544 | 55.9% |
| Bryn Mawr School | 203 | 269 | 75.8% |
| Burgess Elementary School | 718 | 877 | 81.9% |
| Burncoat Middle School | 215 | 712 | 30.2% |
| Burncoat Senior High School | 352 | 1,179 | 29.9% |
| Burncoat Street School | 60 | 240 | 25% |
| Calvin Coolidge School | 99 | 247 | 40.1% |
| Canterbury School | 39 | 294 | 13.3% |
| Center For Technical Education Innovation | 360 | 800 | 45% |
| Central Tree Middle School | 320 | 371 | 86.3% |
| Chandler Elementary Community School | 63 | 426 | 14.8% |
| Chandler Magnet School | 63 | 402 | 15.9% |
| Charlton Elementary School | 287 | 337 | 85.2% |
| Charlton Middle School | 499 | 592 | 84.3% |
| Charlton Street School | 79 | 249 | 32.1% |
| Chocksett Middle School | 231 | 279 | 82.8% |
| City View School | 76 | 430 | 17.9% |
| Clara Barton School | 197 | 262 | 75.2% |
| Claremont Academy | 35 | 488 | 7.2% |
| Clark St Community School | 45 | 268 | 16.8% |
| Clinton Elementary School | 470 | 840 | 56% |
| Clinton Middle School | 305 | 545 | 56.1% |
| Clinton Senior High School | 335 | 587 | 57.1% |
| Columbus Park School | 88 | 386 | 22.8% |
| Crocker Elementary School | 150 | 616 | 24.5% |
| David Prouty High School | 257 | 357 | 72% |
| Davis Hill Elementary School | 374 | 447 | 83.7% |
| Dawson School | 395 | 499 | 79.2% |
| Doherty Memorial High School | 481 | 1,344 | 35.8% |
| Douglas Elementary School | 304 | 344 | 88.4% |
| Douglas High School | 294 | 324 | 91% |
| Douglas Middle School | 261 | 298 | 87.6% |
| Douglas Primary School | 199 | 220 | 90.5% |
| Dudley Elementary School | 262 | 343 | 76.4% |
| Dudley Middle School | 445 | 547 | 81.5% |
| Early Childhood Center | 95 | 130 | 73.1% |
| East Brookfield Elementary School | 199 | 240 | 83.3% |
| Eastford Road School | 85 | 330 | 25.8% |
| Elm Park Community School | 83 | 415 | 20% |
| Elmwood Street School | 311 | 421 | 73.9% |
| Elsie A Hastings Elementary School | 184 | 475 | 38.9% |
| Fall Brook School | 293 | 615 | 47.8% |
| Fannie E Proctor School | 156 | 252 | 62.3% |
| Fitchburg High School | 280 | 1,246 | 22.5% |
| Flagg Street School | 263 | 359 | 73.5% |
| Floral Street School | 161 | 519 | 31.2% |
| Florence Sawyer School | 623 | 735 | 84.8% |
| Forest Grove Middle School | 337 | 897 | 37.6% |
| Frances Drake School | 170 | 465 | 36.6% |
| Francis J McGrath Elementary School | 55 | 208 | 26.9% |
| Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School | 287 | 343 | 83.7% |
| Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology | 77 | 108 | 71.3% |
| Gardner Elementary School | 595 | 986 | 60.4% |
| Gardner High School | 496 | 804 | 61.8% |
| Gardner Middle School | 288 | 489 | 59.1% |
| Gates Lane School | 145 | 544 | 26.7% |
| Gateway to College School | 24 | 38 | 63.2% |
| Glenwood Elementary School | 278 | 333 | 83.5% |
| Goddard School/Science Technical | 39 | 380 | 10.5% |
| Goodrich Academy | 71 | 194 | 37.1% |
| Grafton High School | 681 | 875 | 77.9% |
| Grafton Middle School | 387 | 524 | 74% |
| Grafton Street School | 110 | 427 | 25.8% |
| Hardwick Elementary School | 165 | 184 | 89.7% |
| Head Start School | 76 | 407 | 18.9% |
| Heard Street School | 110 | 246 | 45.1% |
| Henry P Clough School | 316 | 353 | 89.8% |
| Heritage School | 374 | 453 | 82.6% |
| Hopedale Jr Sr High School | 351 | 436 | 80.7% |
| Houghton Elementary School | 250 | 328 | 76.5% |
| Hubbardston Center | 276 | 305 | 90.8% |
| J Harding Armstrong School | 181 | 391 | 46.5% |
| Jacob Hiatt Magnet School | 52 | 372 | 14% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School | 87 | 109 | 80.7% |
| Johnny Appleseed School | 298 | 661 | 45.2% |
| Knox Trail Middle School | 258 | 363 | 71.1% |
| La Familia Dual Language School | 20 | 172 | 12.2% |
| Lake View School | 117 | 308 | 38% |
| Learning First Charter Public School | 30 | 667 | 4.6% |
| Leicester Elementary School | 329 | 493 | 66.9% |
| Leicester High School | 300 | 414 | 72.7% |
| Leicester Integrated Preschool | 27 | 38 | 71.1% |
| Leicester Middle School | 290 | 409 | 71.1% |
| Leominster Center for Excellence | 32 | 50 | 64% |
| Leominster High School | 432 | 1,034 | 41.8% |
| Leroy E.Mayo School | 400 | 491 | 81.5% |
| Lincoln School | 5 | 30 | 16.7% |
| Lincoln Street School | 211 | 286 | 74.1% |
| Lincoln Street School | 37 | 242 | 15.7% |
| Lunenburg High School | 367 | 440 | 83.6% |
| Lunenburg Middle School | 297 | 380 | 78.4% |
| Lunenburg Primary School | 304 | 384 | 79.2% |
| Luther Burbank Middle School | 196 | 243 | 80.7% |
| Ma Academy for Math and Science School | 32 | 100 | 32% |
| Major Edwards Elementary School | 330 | 431 | 76.6% |
| Major Howard W. Beal School | 238 | 609 | 39.2% |
| Margaret A Neary School | 195 | 267 | 73.4% |
| Marguerite E Peaslee School | 151 | 251 | 60.2% |
| Marion E Zeh School | 159 | 251 | 63.7% |
| Mary E Finn School | 192 | 350 | 55.1% |
| Mary Rowlandson Elementary School | 368 | 474 | 77.8% |
| Mason Road School | 175 | 234 | 74.8% |
| May Street School | 115 | 295 | 39.3% |
| McKay Elementary School | 146 | 727 | 20.1% |
| Meetinghouse School | 169 | 189 | 89.9% |
| Memorial School | 437 | 554 | 78.9% |
| Memorial School | 242 | 472 | 51.3% |
| Memorial School | 267 | 319 | 84% |
| Memorial Middle School | 167 | 581 | 28.9% |
| Memorial School | 432 | 518 | 83.4% |
| Midland Street School | 106 | 206 | 51.5% |
| Milford High School | 725 | 1,324 | 54.8% |
| Mill Pond School | 390 | 865 | 45.2% |
| Millbury Junior/Senior High School | 552 | 740 | 74.7% |
| Millbury Street Elementary School | 417 | 595 | 70.1% |
| Millville Elementary School | 318 | 364 | 87.6% |
| Miscoe Hill School | 565 | 635 | 89% |
| Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School | 1,032 | 1,409 | 73.3% |
| Mountview Middle School | 643 | 772 | 83.3% |
| Murdock Academy for Success | 17 | 22 | 81.8% |
| Murdock High School | 214 | 263 | 81.7% |
| Murdock Middle School | 224 | 269 | 83.3% |
| Naquag Elementary School | 296 | 363 | 81.8% |
| Narragansett Middle School | 322 | 359 | 89.7% |
| Narragansett Regional High School | 382 | 468 | 81.8% |
| Nashoba Regional School | 691 | 831 | 83.2% |
| Nelson Place School | 270 | 575 | 47.1% |
| New Braintree Grade School | 34 | 38 | 92.1% |
| Nipmuc Regional High School | 513 | 599 | 85.8% |
| Norrback Avenue School | 162 | 507 | 32.1% |
| North Brookfield Elementary School | 254 | 302 | 84.4% |
| North Brookfield High School | 110 | 136 | 80.9% |
| North Grafton Elementary School | 163 | 244 | 67.2% |
| North High School | 246 | 1,377 | 17.9% |
| North Street Elementary School | 401 | 548 | 73.2% |
| Northbridge Elementary School | 805 | 953 | 84.5% |
| Northbridge High School | 423 | 513 | 82.5% |
| Northbridge Middle School | 405 | 481 | 84.4% |
| Northwest School | 268 | 727 | 37% |
| Oak Middle School | 442 | 944 | 46.9% |
| Oakham Center | 148 | 174 | 85.1% |
| Oakmont Regional High School | 575 | 658 | 87.5% |
| Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School | 258 | 357 | 72.3% |
| Overlook Middle School | 477 | 549 | 86.9% |
| Oxford High School | 286 | 384 | 74.5% |
| Oxford Middle School | 390 | 504 | 77.4% |
| P Brent Trottier School | 256 | 385 | 66.5% |
| Pakachoag School | 188 | 242 | 77.7% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School | 347 | 737 | 47.2% |
| Park Street School | 84 | 102 | 82.4% |
| Parker Road Preschool | 68 | 203 | 33.5% |
| Paxton Center | 390 | 454 | 86.1% |
| Petersham Center | 107 | 126 | 85.7% |
| Priest Street School | 43 | 134 | 32.1% |
| Quabbin Regional High School | 499 | 566 | 88.3% |
| Quabbin Regional Middle School | 451 | 517 | 87.4% |
| Quaboag Integrated Preschool | 36 | 47 | 76.6% |
| Quaboag Regional High School | 309 | 354 | 87.3% |
| Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School | 168 | 203 | 82.8% |
| Quinsigamond School | 194 | 713 | 27.3% |
| Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School | 365 | 458 | 79.7% |
| Reingold Elementary School | 214 | 651 | 32.9% |
| Rice Square School | 112 | 458 | 24.5% |
| Robert E. Melican Middle School | 387 | 537 | 72.1% |
| Roosevelt School | 185 | 566 | 32.7% |
| Royalston Community School | 142 | 158 | 89.9% |
| Ruggles Lane School | 342 | 388 | 88.4% |
| Samoset School | 216 | 504 | 42.9% |
| Sarah W Gibbons Middle School | 306 | 590 | 52% |
| Shepherd Hill Regional High School | 758 | 923 | 82.2% |
| Sherwood Middle School | 404 | 948 | 42.7% |
| Shining Star Early Childhood Center | 92 | 170 | 54.7% |
| Shrewsbury High School | 937 | 1,823 | 51.4% |
| Sky View Middle School | 341 | 886 | 38.5% |
| South Grafton Elementary School | 196 | 294 | 67% |
| South High Community School | 388 | 1,666 | 23.3% |
| South Street Early Learning Center | 141 | 564 | 25% |
| Southbridge Academy | 10 | 33 | 33.3% |
| Southbridge High School | 129 | 457 | 28.4% |
| Southbridge Middle School | 138 | 405 | 34.1% |
| Spring Street School | 171 | 308 | 55.8% |
| Stacy Middle School | 595 | 1,030 | 57.8% |
| Sullivan Middle School | 218 | 827 | 26.4% |
| Sutton Early Learning School | 281 | 326 | 86.2% |
| Sutton Elementary School | 275 | 304 | 90.5% |
| Sutton High School | 312 | 369 | 84.6% |
| Sutton Middle School | 266 | 296 | 89.9% |
| Swanson Road Intermediate School | 438 | 554 | 79.1% |
| Taft Early Learning Center | 453 | 521 | 87.1% |
| Tahanto Regional High School | 406 | 515 | 79% |
| Tantasqua Regional Jr High School | 470 | 551 | 85.3% |
| Tantasqua Regional Sr High School | 576 | 677 | 85.2% |
| Tantasqua Regional Vocational School | 451 | 524 | 86.1% |
| Tatnuck School | 157 | 385 | 41% |
| Templeton Elementary School | 537 | 644 | 83.4% |
| Thomas Prince School | 318 | 342 | 93% |
| Thorndyke Road School | 124 | 363 | 34.2% |
| Toy Town Elementary School | 241 | 294 | 82.3% |
| Turkey Hill Elementary School | 302 | 353 | 85.8% |
| Union Hill School | 56 | 390 | 14.6% |
| University Pk Campus School | 28 | 224 | 12.9% |
| Uxbridge High School | 513 | 590 | 87.1% |
| Vernon Hill School | 74 | 474 | 15.8% |
| Wachusett Regional High School | 1,619 | 1,930 | 83.9% |
| Walter J. Paton School | 187 | 291 | 64.3% |
| Warren Elementary School | 272 | 320 | 85.3% |
| Wawecus Road School | 40 | 133 | 30.1% |
| Webster Middle School | 289 | 590 | 49% |
| West Boylston Junior/Senior High School | 336 | 433 | 77.8% |
| West Brookfield Elementary School | 218 | 257 | 85.2% |
| West Street School | 88 | 335 | 26.3% |
| West Tatnuck School | 180 | 364 | 49.5% |
| Westborough High School | 638 | 1,178 | 54.2% |
| Westminster Elementary School | 346 | 389 | 89.2% |
| Whitin Intermediate School | 429 | 495 | 86.7% |
| Winchendon PreSchool Program | 58 | 72 | 80.6% |
| Wire Village School | 293 | 417 | 70.5% |
| Woodland School | 547 | 943 | 58.1% |
| Woodland Academy | 37 | 487 | 7.6% |
| Worcester Arts Magnet School | 147 | 368 | 40.2% |
| Worcester East Middle School | 159 | 740 | 21.5% |
| Worcester Technical High School | 446 | 1,469 | 30.4% |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Southbridge High School• Leicester Middle School• Quaboag Integrated Preschool• Luther Burbank Middle School• Meetinghouse School• Gates Lane School• Head Start• Douglas Primary School• Memorial School• Clinton Elementary School• Leicester High School• Chandler Elementary Community School• Crocker Elementary School• Northwest School• South High Community• Milford High School• Fitchburg High School• Burncoat Middle School• Northbridge Elementary School• Heritage School• North Grafton Elementary School• Hardwick Elementary School• West Tatnuck School• Dawson School• Major Howard W. Beal School• Chandler Magnet School• Houghton Elementary School• Templeton Elementary School• Mckay Elementary School• Sullivan Middle School• Naquag Elementary School• Midland Street School• Uxbridge High School• Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School• Nelson Place School• Oak Middle School• Narragansett Regional High School• Clara Barton School• J Harding Armstrong School• West Brookfield Elementary School• Hopedale High School• Tantasqua Regional Junior High School• Henry P. Clough School• Memorial School• Tahanto Regional High School• Burncoat Street School• Auburn Middle School• Margaret A. Neary School• North High School• Thorndyke Road School• Oakham Center• East Brookfield Elementary School• Burgess Elementary School• Burncoat Senior High School• A. F. Maloney School• Brookfield Elementary School• Murdock Academy for Success• Nashoba Regional High School• Glenwood Elementary School• Southeast Area School• Quaboag Regional High School• Worcester Arts Magnet School• Park Street School• John F. Kennedy Elementary School• Norrback Avenue School• Fall Brook School• Stacy Middle School• Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School• Ma Academy for Math and Science School• Leicester Integrated Preschool• Worcester East Middle School• Bennett Preschool• Elmwood Street School• Samoset School• Charlton Elementary School• Sutton Early Learning School• East Area School• Sutton Middle School• Columbus Park School• Spring Street School• Shining Star Early Childhood Center• Southbridge Middle School• Algonquin Regional High School• Brookside School• Elsie A. Hastings Elementary School• Bromfield School• Turkey Hill Elementary School• Worcester Technical High School• Wawecus Road School• Gardner Middle School• Calvin Coolidge School• Briggs Elementary School• Westborough High School• Memorial School• Overlook Middle School• Royalston Community School• Rice Square School• North Brookfield Elementary School• Alfred M. Chaffee School• West Boylston Junior-Senior High School• Center for Technical Education Innovation• Woodland Academy• Memorial School• Toy Town Elementary School• South Street Early Learning Center• Swanson Road Intermediate School• Pakachoag School• Tantasqua Regional Vocational School• Dudley Middle School• Chocksett Middle School• Leominster High School• Narragansett Middle School• May Street School• La Familia Dual Language School• Petersham Center• South Grafton Elementary School• Bartlett High School• Winchendon PreSchool Program• Grafton High School• Memorial Middle School• Quinsigamond School• Gardner Elementary School• Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology• Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School• Charlton Middle School• Floral Street School• Quabbin Regional Middle School• Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School• Mason Road School• Union Hill School• Blackstone Millville Regional High School• New Braintree Grade School• Athol Community Elementary School• P Brent Trottier School• Shepherd Hill Regional High School• Oxford Middle School• Sutton High School• Albert S. Woodward Memorial School• Miscoe Hill School• Clinton Senior High School• Northbridge High School• Eastford Road School• Mary E. Finn School• Lake View School• Goodrich Academy• Leominster Center for Excellence• Douglas Middle School• Elm Park Community School• Boylston Elementary School• Northbridge Middle School• Central Area School• Douglas Elementary School• Lincoln Street School• Annie E. Fales School• Francis J. McGrath Elementary School• Clinton Middle School• Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School• Knox Trail Middle School• Marguerite E. Peaslee School• Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School• Marion E. Zeh School• Millbury Junior/Senior High School• Millbury Street Elementary School• Hubbardston Center• Murdock Middle School• Wire Village School• David Prouty High School• Fannie E. Proctor School• West Area School• Auburn Senior High School• City View School• Quabbin Regional High School• Priest Street School• Sherwood Middle School• Dudley Elementary School• Mary Rowlandson Elementary School• Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School• Lunenburg Primary School• Warren Elementary School• Massachusetts State Board of Education• Forest Grove Middle School• Frances Drake School• Reingold Elementary School• Grafton Street School• North Brookfield High School• Ruggles Lane School• Central Tree Middle School• Douglas High School• Learning First Charter Public School• Grafton Middle School• Jacob Hiatt Magnet School• Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School• Oxford High School• Millville Elementary School• Murdock High School• Early Childhood Center• Florence Sawyer School• Roosevelt School• Gateway to College• Vernon Hill School• Blackstone Valley• Woodland School• Advanced Community Experience Program• Sutton Elementary School• Sky View Middle School• Lunenburg Middle School• Athol-Royalston Middle School• Gardner High School• Westminster Elementary School• Leicester Elementary School• Davis Hill Elementary School• University Pk Campus School• Shrewsbury High School• Clark St. Community School• Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School• Mill Pond School• Leroy E.Mayo School• North Street Elementary School• Heard Street School• Major Edwards Elementary School• Oakmont Regional High School• Bryn Mawr School• Walter J. Paton School• Southbridge Academy• Goddard School/Science Technical• Lunenburg High School• Charlton Street School• Tatnuck School• West Street School• Parker Road Preschool• Berlin Memorial School• Nipmuc Regional High School• Claremont Academy• Tantasqua Regional Senior High School• Taft Early Learning Center• Thomas Prince School• Athol High School• Robert E. Melican Middle School• Lincoln Street School• Lincoln School• Johnny Appleseed School• Flagg Street School• Paxton Center• Belmont Street Community School• Doherty Memorial High School• A North Central Charter Essential School• Webster Middle School• Park Avenue Elementary School• Wachusett Regional High School• Mountview Middle School• Canterbury School• Whitin Intermediate School
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