Wawecus Road School

Located at 20 Wawecus Rd, in Worcester, Massachusetts, Wawecus Road School is a modestly sized K-5 school that teaches 155 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Worcester. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 59% smaller than typical.

Worcester runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 24,778 students. Wawecus Road School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wawecus Road School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% White, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, Worcester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Wawecus Road School is one.

The closest other public school is Burncoat Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Wawecus Road School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 155). Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 43% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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