Early Childhood Center

Located at 1745 Main Street, in Jefferson, Massachusetts, Early Childhood Center is a tiny elementary campus that teaches 127 students (grade pre-K), part of Wachusett. Enrollment runs roughly 67% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Wachusett runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,557 students. Early Childhood Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Early Childhood Center logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Early Childhood Center lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Early Childhood Center is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wachusett Regional High, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early Childhood Center.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Early Childhood Center's enrollment has ticked down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 127). The White share of enrollment fell from 83% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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