Jacob Hiatt Magnet

Jacob Hiatt Magnet, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Worcester, enrolls 367 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Jacob Hiatt Magnet is one of 47 schools operated by Worcester, a district that educates 24,778 students overall.

On demographics, Jacob Hiatt Magnet shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 14% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, Worcester County reports that median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Jacob Hiatt Magnet is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Head Start, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jacob Hiatt Magnet has decreased 9%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 51% to 47%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.