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Winchendon

At a glance

315^thof 351 Massachusetts districts▼ 25

Better than 10% of Massachusetts districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1 High 2Grades PK, KG-12

175 Grove Street
Winchendon, MA 01475-1198·(978) 297-0031·All Massachusetts district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 10.3% of districts

Schools

1,188

Students

Top rankedMurdock Middle School329^th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools

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Smallest classes

Murdock High School 11.2 students per teacher

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Summary:

Winchendon, MA has four public schools serving a continuous K–12 pipeline—Memorial (K–2), Toy Town Elementary (3–5), Murdock Middle School (6–8), and Murdock High School (9–12)—with about 1,097 students, and the district is ranked 315th of 351 in Massachusetts at the 10th percentile with 1 star.

For academics, Murdock Middle School is the relative bright spot: it is the only district school with 2 stars in 2025–26, ranks in the 31st percentile, and improved ELA to 30.95%, with sixth-grade ELA only 0.50 points below the state. Still, its math proficiency is 17.27%, and science fell from 40.74% to 30.77%. Toy Town Elementary is the largest school at 292 students, but its rank has slipped to the 20th percentile and 1 star; overall ELA is 26.03%, math 18.84%, and science 32.56%, with 4th-grade math at 13.33%, the lowest proficiency value in the data. Murdock High School has the lowest student–teacher ratio, 11.2, plus a 77.3% graduation rate and 18.2% dropout rate, better than the district’s 70.7% and 24.0%, but its 2025–26 rank is 16th percentile/1 star, and 10th-grade ELA is 20.37%, science 18.00%, and biology 16.67%. Memorial serves K–2, so it has no MCAS proficiency comparison.

Across the district, math is the clearest weakness: Toy Town Elementary math is 18.84%, Murdock Middle School math is 17.27%, and Murdock High School 10th-grade math is 27.78%, all far below state math results of 41.11% and 43.73%. Science is also troubling in upper grades, while ELA is uneven. Resource differences do not map simply to outcomes: the middle school has the highest per-student spending at $17,412, yet its math remains low; the high school has the smallest enrollment and best staffing ratio, but the lowest rank percentile in 2025–26. Free/reduced lunch percentages are blank for all four schools, so economic disadvantage cannot be analyzed, and spending data is from 2020–21, making comparisons dated. Parents should note that Memorial cannot be compared academically on the same MCAS scale, and the district overall remains near the bottom of the state.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Toy Town Elementary	Public	3-5	175 Grove Street	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 297-2005	292	18	16.0	56.2%	238 (81.5%)	4 (1.4%)	33 (11.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.8%)	20.4	723^rd of 899 public elementary schools	19.6%		22.9	700^th of 906 public elementary schools	22.7%	23	28.7	17.0	34.1					26.0	22.8	13.3	20.9					18.8	32.6			32.6					$20,247
Memorial	Public	K-2	32 Elmwood Rd	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 616-1501	268	16	16.6	54.5%	212 (79.1%)	5 (1.9%)	31 (11.6%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)								(n/a)																							96%	2%	$19,395
Winchendon PreSchool Program	Public	PK	32 Elmwood Rd	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	No	(978) 297-3436	90	4	24.5	47.8%	74 (82.2%)	2 (2.2%)	8 (8.9%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)								(n/a)																									$21,680
Murdock High School	Public	9-12	3 Memorial Drive	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 297-1256	256	23	11.2	52.3%	200 (78.1%)	7 (2.7%)	34 (13.3%)	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	19.1	296^th of 353 public high schools	16.1%		33.1	239^th of 349 public high schools	31.5%	57							20.4								27.8				18.0		16.7				$21,941
Murdock Middle School	Public	6-8	3 Memorial Drive	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 297-1256	281	19	14.5	52.7%	230 (81.9%)	6 (2.1%)	28 (10.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.2%)	29.5	329^th of 478 public middle schools	31.2%		30.8	322^nd of 484 public middle schools	33.5%	7				39.8	21.4	32.5		31.0				17.1	16.1	18.8		17.3		30.8		30.8		32.5			$16,923
Murdock Academy for Success	Public	6-12	175 Grove St	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 297-1256	1	0	4.0	—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									$14,898

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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