Summary:
Wachusett is a 4-star Massachusetts district serving grades K–12 across 12 schools — 8 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school — with no alternative school listed, and total enrollment of 6,430 students. The district ranks #97 of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 72nd percentile. Wachusett Regional High is by far the largest school at 1,779 students, about 27.7% of all enrollment, while Chocksett Middle School is the smallest at 264. Free/reduced lunch percentages are blank for every school, and spending figures are from 2020–2021.
Among the 11 ranked schools, 8 earned 4 stars and 3 earned 3 stars, and none falls below the 60th percentile. Mountview Middle leads at the 81st percentile, followed by Central Tree Middle at 79 and Dawson at 78. Chocksett Middle School and Houghton Elementary both sit at the 75th percentile. Subject strengths differ: Mountview posted an exceptional 6th-grade math proficiency of 76.28%, Central Tree led middle-school science at 64.22%, and Chocksett had the highest all-grades ELA at 58.63%.
The lowest-ranked schools are Glenwood Elementary School at the 60th percentile and Paxton Center at 62. Leroy E.Mayo improved from 61 to 74 percentile, while Thomas Prince declined from 72 to 63. District elementary/middle proficiency beats the state in ELA (49.4% vs. 40.03%), math (53.76% vs. 41.11%), science (53.2% vs. 40.98%), and civics (57.47% vs. 39.77%). Per-student spending ($12,986–$18,309) and student-teacher ratios (11.3–14.8) show no simple link to outcomes.
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