Worcester East Middle

Worcester East Middle is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in Worcester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Worcester, hosting 731 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Worcester East Middle is one of 47 schools operated by Worcester, a district that enrolls 24,778 students overall.

On demographics, Worcester East Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 20% Black, 13% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Worcester County put median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Worcester East Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Worcester Cultural Academy Charter Public School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Worcester East Middle's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 731). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 21% to 13%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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