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Grafton Street
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 14 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 have held steady since 2016, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| 2018-19 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| 2016-17 | 14.0% | 7.0% |
Where Grafton Street ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #811 of 920 | #95 of 113 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #874 of 920 | #107 of 113 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #533 of 901 | #51 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #476 of 1,086 | #62 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #336 of 938 | #14 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #157 of 938 | #23 of 124 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #600 of 602 | #76 of 77 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 386 | 33.6 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 31.1 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 23.5 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 23 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 89% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | N/A | N/A | 82% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About Grafton Street
Grafton Street is a mid-sized elementary school in Worcester, located in Worcester, Massachusetts. In all, 386 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
Worcester includes 47 schools. Together they enroll 24,778 students.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at Grafton Street, more than any other group. Other groups make up 25% White, 18% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 14% of Worcester County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Grafton Street is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Grafton Street lists 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.2:1 average for elementary schools in Massachusetts.
For Worcester County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $95,939 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Grafton Street, Worcester County has 257 public schools.
Worcester Cultural Academy Charter Public School sits about 0.2 miles from Grafton Street. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Grafton Street was 377 in 2020-21 and 386 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.1:1 in 2020-21, and 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
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