Heard Street

Set in Worcester, Massachusetts, Heard Street is an intimate elementary campus, overseen by Worcester. It serves 245 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Worcester runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 24,778 students. Heard Street is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Heard Street shows that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Heard Street higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Worcester County) records that median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Heard Street is one campus in the mix.

Gates Lane is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Heard Street operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heard Street has declined 17%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Heard Street community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.