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Mill Pond School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mill Pond School
Located at 6 Olde Hickory Path, in Westborough, Massachusetts, Mill Pond School is a substantial 6-8 campus that enrolls 834 students (grades 4 through 6), run under Westborough. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.
Mill Pond School is one of 6 schools operated by Westborough, a district that works with 3,831 students overall.
Demographically, Mill Pond School records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Mill Pond School has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Worcester County) shows that median household income runs about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Mill Pond School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).
Nearest neighbor: Annie E Fales, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 935 students in 2018 compared to 834 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 55% to 45%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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Related schools
- Westborough HighHigh · 1,213 students
- Sarah W Gibbons MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Westborough HighHigh · 1,213 students
- Sarah W Gibbons MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Central AreaCombined
- Annie E Fales1.5 mi · 305
- Sarah W Gibbons Middle1.6 mi · 610
- J Harding Armstrong1.7 mi · 391
- Westborough High1.7 mi · 1,213
- Elsie A Hastings Elementary2.9 mi · 478
- Floral Street School3.0 mi · 524