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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01541

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Top rankedThomas Prince335^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Summary:

Zip code 01541 contains one elementary-level school, Thomas Prince, a K–8 school at 170 Sterling Road in Princeton, MA, serving students in the Wachusett district. It is the only school in this zip code, so parents cannot compare it with another local elementary school; instead, the useful comparisons are to the Wachusett district and Massachusetts. Thomas Prince enrolls 355 students, has a 12.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, and spent $13,889 per student in 2020–2021. Free/reduced lunch data was not provided. MCAS Next Generation results are available for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, and because it is K–8, results include grades 3–8 plus science and civics.

Academically, Thomas Prince’s clearest strength is science. In 2025–2026, all-grade science proficiency was 60.49%, compared with 53.2% in the Wachusett district and 40.98% statewide. Eighth-grade science and civics were both 64.52%, also above district and state. ELA was 49.57%, about even with the Wachusett district (49.4%) and above the state (40.03%). Math was 46.98%, which was 6.78 points below the Wachusett district (53.76%) but still 5.87 points above the state (41.11%). Grade-level results vary: 7th grade ELA and math and 8th grade math were above both district and state, while 5th grade was the weakest. Fifth-grade ELA was 34% and math was 36%, both below district and state. Fourth-grade math was 41.67%, below district and state.

Trend data show Thomas Prince has slipped recently. Its rank moved from 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 67th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025 to 63rd percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. The Wachusett district is ranked 97 of 351 districts, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA fell from 59.15% to 49.57%, math from 57.32% to 46.98%, and science from 70.93% to 60.49%—steeper declines than the district’s. Thomas Prince still outperforms the state overall, but its margins shrank. Note that free/reduced lunch data is missing, per-student spending is from 2020–2021, and K–8 results may not be directly comparable to elementary-only schools.

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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 Civics (2026)	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 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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Thomas Prince	Public	K-8	170 Sterling Road	Princeton	01541	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	No	(978) 464-2110	355	29	12.2	9.6%	322 (90.7%)	5 (1.4%)	17 (4.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	62.8	335^th of 899 public elementary schools	62.7%		68.5	297^th of 906 public elementary schools	67.2%	38	48.5	52.8	34.0	59.6	54.3	51.6	49.6	54.6	41.7	36.0	50.0	50.0	54.8	47.0	58.0	64.5	60.5	64.5	$15,809

Cities Near Zip Code 01541

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Princeton	2.16 mi	1	66^th
Rutland	5.19 mi	3	124^th
Sterling	5.99 mi	2	84^th
Jefferson	6.08 mi	1
Hubbardston	6.5 mi	1	174^th

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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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