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Tatnuck

Public Grades PK, KG-6
726th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 19% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

Tatnuck is a PK–6 elementary school at 1083 Pleasant Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, serving 376 students within the Worcester district — a city district that itself ranks 304th of 351 statewide (13th percentile, 1 star), so the baseline expectation for any school in it is already low.

Tatnuck performs near that baseline rather than above it. It has never escaped the bottom third of Massachusetts elementary schools: eight of the last ten years earned 1 star, and it currently sits at the 19th percentile. On 2025–26 MCAS, 24.73% of students met expectations in ELA, 22.04% in math and 17.02% in science — roughly 15–24 points below the state in each subject. Three years ago Tatnuck beat the Worcester average in all three subjects; now it trails the district in all three, and the last two years (19th percentile) are its weakest since 2015–16.

The most striking comparison is geographic. West Tatnuck, less than a mile away with nearly identical enrollment (343), the same district and the same grade span, posts 56.88% ELA, 54.38% math and 65.00% science — roughly 2.3, 2.5 and 3.8 times Tatnuck's rates. Flagg Street (1.05 mi) reaches the 83rd percentile. Neighbors such as Midland Street, Francis J McGrath Elementary and Columbus Park all improved last year while Tatnuck held flat. Spending and class size don't explain the gap: Tatnuck's $15,290 per student is second-lowest of eleven nearby schools, and its 13.5 student-teacher ratio is mid-pack. Bright spots: sixth grade outperforms the district in ELA and math, and English language learner and special education students rank well above the school average. Third-grade math (7.50%) is the weakest single number.

376
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,525
Per pupil spending ?
66.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1083 Pleasant Street
       Worcester, MA  01602

(508) 799-3554

District: Worcester


Students who attend Tatnuck usually attend:

Middle:    Forest Grove Middle
High:    Doherty Memorial High
    University Pk Campus School
Racial breakdown:

White:
40.7%
Hispanic:
30.6%
African American:
18.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 18th percentile in 2016 → 19th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)
!Science scores 24 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg25%
Massachusetts avg41%
726th of 899
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 19%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
18th 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
202620.0726 of 89919.2%★☆☆☆☆
202520.0735 of 90618.9%★☆☆☆☆
202427.6661 of 91627.8%★☆☆☆☆
202324.7695 of 92825.1%★☆☆☆☆
202227.9679 of 93227.1%★☆☆☆☆
202134.9627 of 93633.0%★★☆☆☆
201932.0674 of 94228.5%★☆☆☆☆
201836.3635 of 93432.0%★★☆☆☆
201729.9697 of 93825.7%★☆☆☆☆
201622.1762 of 93218.2%★☆☆☆☆
201529.4691 of 91424.4%★☆☆☆☆
201431.4686 of 92625.9%★☆☆☆☆
201321.8763 of 92817.8%★☆☆☆☆
201225.0724 of 93022.2%★☆☆☆☆
201153.4484 of 92447.6%★★☆☆☆
201055.1448 of 92051.3%★★★☆☆
200942.5569 of 90937.4%★★☆☆☆
200831.5675 of 90825.7%★☆☆☆☆
200732.5678 of 91125.6%★☆☆☆☆
200635.2633 of 91130.5%★★☆☆☆
200533.0622 of 88729.9%★★☆☆☆
200440.9560 of 88236.5%★★☆☆☆
200342.9552 of 88437.6%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202665.735 of 18881.4%★★★★☆
202566.631 of 16981.7%★★★★☆
202352.775 of 16755.1%★★★☆☆
202259.452 of 17369.9%★★★★☆
202180.712 of 16692.8%★★★★★
201971.427 of 17284.3%★★★★☆
201865.038 of 17478.2%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202232.7441 of 67234.4%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202645.1121 of 29158.4%★★★☆☆
202558.857 of 28179.7%★★★★☆
202426.2251 of 28211.0%★☆☆☆☆
202353.367 of 26474.6%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202622.9685 of 86921.2%★☆☆☆☆
202517.8739 of 86915.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.6646 of 88627.1%★☆☆☆☆
202326.5661 of 88725.5%★☆☆☆☆
202227.6659 of 90126.9%★☆☆☆☆
202136.3594 of 89833.9%★★☆☆☆
201933.8637 of 90229.4%★☆☆☆☆
201837.0602 of 89332.6%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202631.9348 of 47526.7%★☆☆☆☆
202525.4382 of 45816.6%★☆☆☆☆
202425.2375 of 44615.9%★☆☆☆☆
202329.4324 of 42022.9%★☆☆☆☆
202246.6172 of 40157.1%★★★☆☆
202157.8111 of 37970.7%★★★★☆
201943.4228 of 39842.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202624.9623 of 74216.0%★☆☆☆☆
202532.0550 of 73625.3%★☆☆☆☆
202429.1604 of 76020.5%★☆☆☆☆
202333.1559 of 75726.2%★☆☆☆☆
202238.8491 of 77236.4%★★☆☆☆
202145.4378 of 70546.4%★★☆☆☆
201939.7442 of 70036.9%★★☆☆☆
201853.5290 of 68557.7%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202620.5728 of 87917.2%★☆☆☆☆
202524.4669 of 88424.3%★☆☆☆☆
202433.2598 of 89132.9%★★☆☆☆
202326.1677 of 89624.4%★☆☆☆☆
202229.5653 of 90828.1%★☆☆☆☆
202134.7600 of 90433.6%★★☆☆☆
201929.5685 of 90724.5%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9618 of 89831.2%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202631.6499 of 70929.6%★☆☆☆☆
202525.9563 of 71721.5%★☆☆☆☆
202434.6469 of 73135.8%★★☆☆☆
202322.2607 of 70313.7%★☆☆☆☆
202239.8560 of 90538.1%★★☆☆☆
202150.3412 of 89453.9%★★★☆☆
201955.4361 of 89659.7%★★★☆☆
201861.8274 of 88669.1%★★★☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202134.3626 of 92532.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202619.7634 of 73413.6%★☆☆☆☆
202517.1652 of 73711.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9622 of 75317.4%★☆☆☆☆
202317.5677 of 76211.2%★☆☆☆☆
202220.6664 of 76413.1%★☆☆☆☆
202130.6589 of 76523.0%★☆☆☆☆
201920.1682 of 78012.6%★☆☆☆☆
201820.8668 of 77213.5%★☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2026)81st percentile+62 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)58th percentile+39 vs school
Disabled (2022)34th percentile+7 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)32nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)30th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)27th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2026)21st percentile~ school
Male (2026)17th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile-3 vs school
White (2026)14th percentile-6 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts25%-15 vs state
Mathematics22%-19 vs state
Science17%-24 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tatnuck

Students at Tatnuck are 41% White, 31% Hispanic, 19% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Tatnuck ranks in the bottom 19.2% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Students who attend Tatnuck usually go on to attend:

Middle : Forest Grove Middle
High : Doherty Memorial High
High : University Pk Campus School

In the 2024-25 school year, 376 students attended Tatnuck.

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
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2023–24 school spending dataMay 8, 2025
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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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