Summary:
ZIP code 01524 covers Leicester, Massachusetts, where three public schools — Leicester Elementary (K–4), Leicester Middle (5–8), and Leicester High (9–12) — together serve 1,249 students in the Leicester district. The district-level record places it 260th of 351 districts, in the 26th percentile with 1 star, and district-wide ELA, math, and science proficiency each sit roughly 13–16 points below state averages.
Each school has its own bright spot. Leicester High has the strongest current standing at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars; its 2024-2025 graduation rate is 93.1%, above the district's 91.0%, with a 3.4% dropout rate that matches the district. Tenth-grade Science (44.30%) and Biology End of Course (39.39%) both exceed state levels, though Physics End of Course is a severe outlier at 6.98% versus the state's 46.58%. Leicester Middle stands out in 8th-grade Civics at 43.40%, above the state's 39.77%, yet its ELA, math, and science all declined year over year, with science falling 11.18 points. Leicester Elementary is the biggest improver: all-grade math rose 10.02 points to 31.96% and ELA rose 3.90 points to 31.96%, moving it above the district in both, though still below the state.
Enrollment is balanced, at 467 elementary, 394 middle, and 388 high school students. The high school has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.6, compared with 12.7 at the middle school and 13.8 at the elementary school. Per-student spending (2020-2021) was highest at the elementary school ($16,201), and lower at the middle ($14,467) and high ($14,827) — figures that are several years old and may not reflect current funding. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all three schools, so socioeconomic context is unknown and should not be read as 0%.
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