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Enrollment
965
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 547
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARLBOROUGH·NCES 250732002639
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School
25 Union Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 · (508) 460-3502 · Middlesex County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Massachusetts public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 369 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 32% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School→Marlborough High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Marlborough. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -8.0pp since 2016
Math
19.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -13.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2018-19 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #255 of 304 ▼ 5 | #67 of 70 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #245 of 304 ▲ 8 | #66 of 70 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #90 of 299 | #15 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #15 of 310 | #5 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #26 of 296 | #8 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #128 of 296 | #44 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #19 of 204 | #3 of 41 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
965
-174 (-15%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 1,407
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 965 | 103.4 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 944 | 98 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,044 | 99.2 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,139 | 95 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,308 | 118.8 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,298 | 112 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,407 | 108 | 13.0:1 | 44% (613) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,308 to 965); teachers down 13% (118.8 to 103.4).
About 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School is a middle school in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and it is part of Marlborough. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 965 students. That is 76% above the average of about 547 students for middle schools in Massachusetts.
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School belongs to Marlborough, a district of 7 schools and 4,728 students.
About 66% of the student body at 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 24% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 9% of Middlesex County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Its ratio of 9.3:1 is based on 103.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Massachusetts is 11.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Massachusetts public middle schools.
In Middlesex County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $130,847, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 60%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 386 public schools in the county, enrolling about 215,896, 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School among them.
Goodnow Brothers Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 15%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.0 to 9.3 over 4 years.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,638,365
Census ACS
Median income
$130,847
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
386
215,896 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marlborough
- Marlborough HighHigh · 985 students
- Goodnow Brothers Elementary SchoolElementary · 781 students
- Charles Jaworek SchoolElementary · 631 students
- RicherElementary · 596 students
- Francis J KaneElementary · 575 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 195 students
Other schools in Marlborough
- Assabet Valley Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,144 students
- Marlborough HighHigh · 985 students
- Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter SchoolHigh · 970 students
- Goodnow Brothers Elementary SchoolElementary · 781 students
- Charles Jaworek SchoolElementary · 631 students
- RicherElementary · 596 students
Nearby schools
- Goodnow Brothers Elementary School0.4 mi · 781
- Marlborough High0.4 mi · 985
- Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 195
- Charles Jaworek School1.0 mi · 631
- Assabet Valley Vocational High School1.2 mi · 1,144
- Francis J Kane1.7 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb SchoolHow large is 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School?
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School enrolls approximately 965 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School serve?
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School is approximately 9.3:1 (103 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School?
At 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 66% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School public or private?
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marlborough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.