Norrback Avenue

Norrback Avenue is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Worcester, teacheing 504 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Worcester comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 24,778 students; Norrback Avenue is among them.

On demographics, Norrback Avenue records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 29% Black, 28% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Worcester County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Norrback Avenue is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burncoat Street, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norrback Avenue has declined 11%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Norrback Avenue typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.