Thorndyke Road

As an intimate elementary campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thorndyke Road educates 319 students from grades K through 6, run under Worcester.

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

On demographics, Thorndyke Road reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 34% White, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Thorndyke Road has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Thorndyke Road higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Worcester County) reports that median household earnings sit near $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Thorndyke Road is one.

Nearest neighbor: Burncoat Senior High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thorndyke Road.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thorndyke Road has decreased 16%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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