Luther Burbank Middle School

Luther Burbank Middle School is a junior high of compact scale in Lancaster, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Nashoba, works with 245 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 55% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Nashoba comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,990 students; Luther Burbank Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Luther Burbank Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Luther Burbank Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate 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%. Luther Burbank Middle School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Mary Rowlandson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Luther Burbank Middle School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 249 students in 2018 compared to 245 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 73% over that span.

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