Hubbardston Center

Hubbardston Center is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, run under Quabbin, instructing 304 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Quabbin runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,111 students. Hubbardston Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hubbardston Center lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Hubbardston Center higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Worcester County) logs that 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%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Hubbardston Center is one campus in the mix.

Ruggles Lane is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Hubbardston Center's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 304). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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