Ruggles Lane

Ruggles Lane is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Barre, Massachusetts, overseen by Quabbin, with 402 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Quabbin comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,111 students; Ruggles Lane is among them.

Demographically, Ruggles Lane logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ruggles Lane lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Worcester County shows 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), Ruggles Lane is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Quabbin Regional High School, around 2.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ruggles Lane.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ruggles Lane has declined 13%, going from 464 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 92% to 88% over that span.

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