Columbus Park

Columbus Park is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Worcester, Massachusetts, run under Worcester, hosting 381 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 47 schools in Worcester (24,778 students total), Columbus Park accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Columbus Park lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 18% White, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Columbus Park higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) logs that median household income runs about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbus Park is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: Goddard School/Science Technical, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbus Park.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 49% to 59%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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