Summary
Clark St Community is a small PK–6 elementary school serving 278 students in Worcester, MA, part of the Worcester district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 795th of 899 Massachusetts schools — 12th percentile, 1 star — while the Worcester district ranks 304th of 351. Proficiency is below both district and state in every core subject: ELA 15.89% (district 24.98%, state 40.03%), math 20.56% (district 24.25%, state 41.11%), and science 8% (district 23.97%, state 40.98%). Science is the largest gap — 15.97 points below the district and 32.98 points below the state. Rankings have stayed low for years: 1st–3rd percentile from 2015–2016 through 2018–2019, a recent best of 19th percentile in 2022–2023, then 9th, 11th, and 12th percentile.
Several nearby schools outperform Clark. Worcester Arts Magnet School, 0.59 miles away in the same district, ranks 63rd percentile with ELA 53.68%, math 40.74%, and science 61.54% — science more than seven times Clark's. Boylston Elementary School, in Berlin-Boylston, ranks 76th percentile. Nelson Place (44th percentile), Francis J McGrath Elementary and Thorndyke Road (37th each), Wawecus Road School (23rd), Lincoln Street (22nd), Norrback Avenue (18th), and Burncoat Street (17th) all rank above Clark's 12th percentile. Only Worcester Academic Center for Transition (ACT), a 49-student transition program, ranks lower. Clark's 2020–2021 per-student spending was $17,468 — more than several of these peers — and its 12.7 student-teacher ratio falls within the nearby range.
Fifth grade was an acute weakness in 2025–2026: 4% proficient in ELA, 0% in math, and 8% in science. Third-grade math (25.93%) and sixth-grade math (33.33%) were bright spots slightly above district figures. Science has been low and volatile — 8% this year, then 10%, 17.14%, and 3.13% in the prior three years. All-grade ELA was 29.41% in 2022–2023 and has stayed near 15–17% since. Subgroup ranks vary: Hispanic students (29th percentile), special education students (31st in 2024–2025), and low socio-economic status students (22nd) rank above the school overall, while male students (6th) and English language learner students (10th) rank lower.
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