Quinsigamond

Quinsigamond, a high-enrollment primary school in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Worcester, educates 738 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 94% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 47 schools in Worcester (24,778 students total), Quinsigamond accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Quinsigamond lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 21% White, 20% Black, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Worcester County) logs that median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Quinsigamond is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vernon Hill School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Quinsigamond operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quinsigamond has remained close to its prior level, going from 745 students in 2018 to 738 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 39% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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