Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 2 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School
As a minimally staffed senior high in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School enrolls 282 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.
Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School sits inside Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Worcester County put median household income runs about $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).
Nearest neighbor: Crocker Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School operates from an outlying location. Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 282). The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.
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