Northwest

Northwest, a sizable primary school in Leominster, Massachusetts, run under Leominster, hosts 665 students, covering grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Northwest sits 75% bigger than that benchmark.

Leominster comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,193 students; Northwest is among them.

On demographics, Northwest logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 32% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Northwest records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Northwest higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Worcester County shows 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. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Northwest is one.

The closest other public school is Priest Street, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Northwest operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest has contracted 3%, going from 685 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 49% to 32%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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