Houghton Elementary

As a cozy K-5 school in Sterling, Massachusetts, Houghton Elementary serves 317 students from grades K through 4, part of Wachusett.

Houghton Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Wachusett, a district that teaches 6,557 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Houghton Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Houghton Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Worcester County shows median household earnings sit near $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), Houghton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Chocksett Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Houghton Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Houghton Elementary has contracted 15%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.