West Tatnuck

West Tatnuck is an average-sized K-5 school in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Worcester. The school hosts 343 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Worcester runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 24,778 students. West Tatnuck is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, West Tatnuck records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 22% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household income runs about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which West Tatnuck is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tatnuck, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Tatnuck.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 49%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.