Thomas Prince

Set in Princeton, Massachusetts, Thomas Prince is an average-sized K-5 school, part of Wachusett. It serves 355 students across grades K through 8.

Wachusett runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,557 students. Thomas Prince is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Thomas Prince logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Thomas Prince logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, census data for Worcester County shows median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Thomas Prince is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chocksett Middle School, roughly 3.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Thomas Prince.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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