Charlton Middle School

Located at 2 Oxford Road, in Charlton, Massachusetts, Charlton Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school that enrolls 631 students (grades 5 through 8), one of the schools within Dudley-Charlton Reg.

Across the 7 schools in Dudley-Charlton Reg (3,476 students total), Charlton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Charlton Middle School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Charlton Middle School higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Charlton Middle School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heritage School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charlton Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 82% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Charlton Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.