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Black student results in Worcester

Across 36 schools in Worcester, 24.4% of Black students meet proficient. That is 1.1 points below the Massachusetts average for Black students.

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25%
All students
24.4%
Black
18.1%
Hispanic
28.9%
White
42.5%
Asian

Average across the 36 schools in Worcester with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 34 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, West Tatnuck reports 44% of Black students meeting the standard. Claremont Academy, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 44-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Worcester

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
West Tatnuck 59.1% 44% 48.2% 63.3% 67.9%
Jacob Hiatt Magnet Magnet 33.5% 41% 24.2% 31%
Worcester Arts Magnet School 42.4% 39.2% 28.7% 53.2% 31.8%
Thorndyke Road 28.2% 38.9% 12.9% 37.9%
Heard Street 40.1% 38% 32.5% 45.4%
Lake View 50.3% 37.5% 32.1% 63.3% 84.6%
Goddard School/Science Technical 24.4% 36.1% 19% 25% 51.6%
Canterbury 21.7% 34.4% 11% 22.5% 70%
Belmont Street Community 26.8% 33.3% 25.3% 21.2% 27.5%
Roosevelt 28.9% 30.9% 16.7% 37.3%
Tatnuck Magnet 24% 30.8% 11.7% 29.2%
Gates Lane 21.9% 30.3% 13.1% 25.9% 24.2%
Burncoat Street 16.4% 29.2% 12.7% 19.1%
Sullivan Middle 31.2% 28.6% 21.3% 43.7% 53.2%
Nelson Place 36.9% 26% 17.1% 50.4% 41.3%
Burncoat Middle School 30.3% 25.7% 20% 46% 57.6%
Norrback Avenue 20.9% 25.7% 15.6% 20.9%
Francis J McGrath Elementary 19.8% 25% 16.7% 20%
Forest Grove Middle 26.6% 24.9% 16.6% 37.7% 37.3%
Worcester East Middle 19.9% 23.8% 16.3% 23.8% 32.9%
Union Hill School 12.6% 22.4% 9.9% 12.5%
Woodland Academy 15.2% 21% 11.9% 9.5% 54.5%
Rice Square 20.1% 19.8% 14.9% 33.3% 19.6%
Midland Street 32.1% 19.2% 9.3% 41% 35%
Grafton Street 16.3% 18.6% 14.4% 17.6%
Vernon Hill School 15.6% 18.4% 16.5% 5.6%
City View 13.2% 18.2% 12.8% 7.4%
Lincoln Street 24.2% 17.4% 23.6% 21.9%
Quinsigamond 16.2% 16.9% 14.7% 16% 23.5%
Elm Park Community 17.1% 15.8% 12.7% 23% 40%
May Street 32.8% 14.7% 22.9% 40% 46.7%
Columbus Park 18.8% 10.9% 19.2% 20.8% 31.8%
Chandler Elementary Community 16.7% 10.4% 19.2% 8.3% 19%
Clark St Community 18.2% 8.3% 15.7% 28.9%
Wawecus Road School 16.3% 3.6% 13.9% 25.8%
Claremont Academy 10.6% 0% 8.7% 13.6%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Massachusetts suppresses results for groups with too few students tested — 744 schools have reportable Black student results. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Massachusetts figures should not be compared against another state's.

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