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Leicester Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 22% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2018-19 | 38.0% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
Where Leicester Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #206 of 304 | #26 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #220 of 304 | #33 of 45 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #42 of 299 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #229 of 310 | #32 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #217 of 296 | #20 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #118 of 296 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #167 of 204 | #23 of 32 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 394 | 30.9 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 32.4 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | N/A | N/A | 13% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About Leicester Middle
Leicester Middle serves students in Leicester, Massachusetts, as a low-enrollment middle school. Total enrollment is 394 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8. It has 28% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Massachusetts (about 547).
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Leicester totals 1,294 students.
About 67% of the student body at Leicester Middle is White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Leicester Middle are from different groups.
With 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1. Statewide, middle schools in Massachusetts average 11.5:1.
The school is in Worcester County, where median household income comes to about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Worcester County's 257 public schools enroll about 121,490 students and include Leicester Middle.
Measured in a straight line, Leicester Integrated Preschool is less than a tenth of a mile from Leicester Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 7%. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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