McKay Elementary School

McKay Elementary School is a heavily attended primary school in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, run under Fitchburg. The school instructs 754 students in grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so McKay Elementary School sits 98% above that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Fitchburg (5,234 students total), McKay Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McKay Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, McKay Elementary School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Worcester County put the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. McKay Elementary School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

The closest other public school is Arthur M Longsjo Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McKay Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 50% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the McKay Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.