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Clark St Community

Public Grades PK, KG-6
795th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of Massachusetts elementary schools
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.

278
Students ?
12.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,846
Per pupil spending ?
81%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 280 Clark Street
       Worcester, MA  01606

(508) 799-3545

District: Worcester


Students who attend Clark St Community usually attend:

Middle:    Burncoat Middle School
High:    Burncoat Senior High
    University Pk Campus School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
55.8%
African American:
19.4%
White:
14.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 19th percentile in 2023 → 12th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 19th-percentile peak (2023) to 12th (2026)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg25%
Massachusetts avg41%
795th of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▲ up 9 pts since 2016
From bottom 3% (2016) to bottom 12% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
24th of 33Elementary Schools in the Worcester
304th of 351Worcester among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202613.9795 of 89911.6%★☆☆☆☆
202513.6802 of 90611.5%★☆☆☆☆
202412.3831 of 9169.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.4751 of 92819.1%★☆☆☆☆
202213.9820 of 93212.0%★☆☆☆☆
202110.5866 of 9367.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.4935 of 9420.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.4913 of 9342.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.6925 of 9381.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.9908 of 9322.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.7801 of 91412.4%★☆☆☆☆
201411.1848 of 9268.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201326.1729 of 92821.4%★☆☆☆☆
201230.9684 of 93026.5%★☆☆☆☆
201140.8608 of 92434.2%★★☆☆☆
201078.3201 of 92078.2%★★★★☆
200964.8338 of 90962.8%★★★☆☆
200870.8271 of 90870.2%★★★★☆
200764.3359 of 91160.6%★★★☆☆
200656.1426 of 91153.2%★★★☆☆
200538.1578 of 88734.8%★★☆☆☆
200435.2610 of 88230.8%★★☆☆☆
200349.5489 of 88444.7%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202223.3561 of 67216.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202625.9262 of 29110.0%★☆☆☆☆
202532.4203 of 28127.8%★☆☆☆☆
202435.6182 of 28235.5%★★☆☆☆
202227.8230 of 26713.9%★☆☆☆☆
202131.1202 of 24015.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.6244 of 2585.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.0222 of 2449.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202621.7698 of 86919.7%★☆☆☆☆
202517.4750 of 86913.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.3801 of 8869.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.0736 of 88717.0%★☆☆☆☆
202213.1812 of 9019.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.2821 of 8988.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.1896 of 9020.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.4821 of 8938.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202633.6337 of 47529.1%★☆☆☆☆
202532.1332 of 45827.5%★☆☆☆☆
202434.0301 of 44632.5%★★☆☆☆
202347.9185 of 42056.0%★★★☆☆
202234.4270 of 40132.7%★★☆☆☆
202121.8335 of 37911.6%★☆☆☆☆
20197.8393 of 3981.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.3352 of 3797.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202629.3577 of 74222.2%★☆☆☆☆
202524.0627 of 73614.8%★☆☆☆☆
202422.6657 of 76013.6%★☆☆☆☆
202338.6492 of 75735.0%★★☆☆☆
202223.7646 of 77216.3%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6587 of 70516.7%★☆☆☆☆
20197.4690 of 7001.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.2661 of 6853.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202610.7823 of 8796.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.0769 of 88413.0%★☆☆☆☆
202414.3791 of 89111.2%★☆☆☆☆
202322.0709 of 89620.9%★☆☆☆☆
202212.7828 of 9088.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.5878 of 9042.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.4900 of 9070.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.6890 of 8980.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202531.6495 of 71731.0%★★☆☆☆
202447.3324 of 73155.7%★★★☆☆
202224.3751 of 90517.0%★☆☆☆☆
202120.7782 of 89412.5%★☆☆☆☆
20196.3888 of 8960.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.3860 of 8862.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202113.8804 of 92513.1%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2025)31st percentile+19 vs school
Hispanic (2026)29th percentile+17 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)22nd percentile+11 vs school
Female (2026)20th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2022)17th percentile+5 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)13th percentile+6 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)10th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics21%-21 vs state
English Language Arts16%-24 vs state
Science8%-33 vs state

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Students who attend Clark St Community usually go on to attend:

Middle : Burncoat Middle School
High : Burncoat Senior High
High : University Pk Campus School

In the 2024-25 school year, 278 students attended Clark St Community.

Students at Clark St Community are 56% Hispanic, 19% African American, 14% White, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

Clark St Community ranks in the bottom 11.6% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
2024–25 MCAS Next Generation test scoresSep 29, 2025
2023–24 school spending dataMay 8, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 1, 2025


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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