Knox Trail Middle School

Knox Trail Middle School is one of the compact middle-grades schools in Spencer, Massachusetts, overseen by Spencer-E Brookfield, with 415 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Knox Trail Middle School sits 24% below that benchmark.

Spencer-E Brookfield runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,398 students. Knox Trail Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Knox Trail Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Worcester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Knox Trail Middle School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Knox Trail Middle School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: David Prouty High, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 417 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 83% to 69% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Knox Trail Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.