May Street

May Street is one of the cozy K-5 schools in Worcester, Massachusetts, run under Worcester, with 310 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

May Street is one of 47 schools operated by Worcester, a district that enrolls 24,778 students overall.

Looking at the student body, May Street shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, May Street shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting May Street higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Worcester County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which May Street is one.

The closest other public school is Worcester Dual Language Magnet School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

May Street operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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