Schools in Zip Code 01564

ZIP code 01564 is home to two schools, both part of the Wachusett district: Houghton Elementary, which serves grades K–4 with 317 students, and Chocksett Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 with 264 students. Together they enroll 581 students, and there is no high school in this ZIP code. The district is ranked 97 of 351 statewide, in the 72nd percentile with 4 stars, and both schools' latest school-level percentile of 75 sits slightly above the district's 72.

The two schools have distinct strengths. Chocksett Middle School is the ELA standout, earning 4 stars in all three years shown. Its all-grade ELA was 58.63% proficient, above the district's 49.4% and the state's 40.03%, and its 7th grade ELA of 70% is the highest reported value in the data set, with 8th grade ELA at 63.93%. Houghton Elementary is the math standout, with all-grade math at 58.87% versus the district's 53.76% and the state's 41.11%; its 3rd grade math of 69.49% is 12.35 points above district and 27.30 points above state.

There are also notable concerns. Chocksett Middle School's 8th grade math was 29.51%, the only reported 2025–2026 score below the state, and 23.63 points below the district's 8th grade math. Chocksett's all-grade math fell 13.83 points year over year while Houghton Elementary's math rose 4.77 points. Both schools still exceed the state in every reported all-grade subject. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical, 11.3 and 11.4, and 2020–2021 spending was $18,309 per student at Houghton versus $16,037 at Chocksett. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both, so socioeconomic comparisons are not possible.