Summary:
ZIP code 01604 in Worcester, Massachusetts contains six elementary schools — five Worcester district schools and one charter school — serving grades PK through 6 and enrolling about 2,347 students, with individual school sizes ranging from 194 to 604 students. All six are MCAS Next Generation tested, with results primarily from 2025–2026.
Lake View is the clear standout and the only school in this ZIP with 3 stars. It ranks 306 of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools, at the 66th percentile, and is the only school here above state averages in all three all-grade subjects: ELA 48.05%, math 49.35%, and science 64.52%, compared with state averages of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. Its science score is especially strong, 23.54 points above the state. Lake View's all-grade ELA and math are roughly 20 points higher than the next-best school in the ZIP, and its science is more than 32 points higher than the next-best science score. It also climbed from the 48th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 66th percentile this year, despite a slight dip from 2024–2025.
The other five schools all sit below state averages. Roosevelt is the strongest of the rest, beating the Worcester district average in ELA, math, and science but ranking 646 of 899 with 1 star. Rice Square has a relative bright spot in science at 32.26%, above the district average, though its ELA and math are low. The most at-risk schools are Worcester Cultural Academy Charter Public School (848 of 899, 0 stars, math 10.09%), Grafton Street (828 of 899, lowest science at 8.70%), and Union Hill School (794 of 899). Spending and staffing figures do not line up simply with results: Roosevelt has the highest reported per-student spending at $17,630 while Lake View has the lowest at $14,750. Free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for any school, and spending figures are from 2020–2021 and missing for the charter school.
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