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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01606

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Schools

1,696

Students

Top rankedWorcester Arts Magnet School330^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Worcester Arts Magnet School up 106 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Burncoat Street 10.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

ZIP code 01606 in Worcester, Massachusetts contains five public elementary schools: Norrback Avenue, Worcester Arts Magnet School, Thorndyke Road, Clark St Community, and Burncoat Street. They serve students in prekindergarten or kindergarten through grade 6, with a combined enrollment of 1,696 students, averaging 339 per school. All five belong to the Worcester district, which ranks 304th of 351 districts in Massachusetts — the 13th percentile, with a 1-star rating — and sits below state averages in every tested subject.

Worcester Arts Magnet School is the clear standout. It is the only school here above the state in ELA (53.68%) and science (61.54%), and its math score (40.74%) comes within half a point of the state average. It has held 3 stars and stayed above the 50th percentile in all three years of rank history. Thorndyke Road is second-strongest and the fastest-improving, climbing from the 23rd percentile (1 star) in 2023–2024 to the 37th percentile (2 stars) in 2025–2026; its 6th-grade ELA (45.65%) and math (43.48%) beat state averages, though its science fell sharply from 52.17% to 37.50%.

The other three schools lag behind. Norrback Avenue (18th percentile, 1 star) is below district in ELA and math but about 13 points above district in science (36.96%). Burncoat Street (17th percentile, 1 star) has the lowest math in the group (16.94%) but relatively stronger ELA. Clark St Community (12th percentile, 1 star) is weakest overall, with 8% science proficiency and 5th-grade results of 4% ELA, 0% math, and 8% science. Notably, no school here exceeded the state average in math. Group-wide, ELA rose 5.12 points and science 6.08 points year over year. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, and spending figures date to 2020–2021, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.

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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)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Burncoat Street	Public	K-6	526 Burncoat Street	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3537	223	21	10.8	89.2%	63 (28.3%)	32 (14.3%)	118 (52.9%)	6 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	18.1	747^th of 899 public elementary schools	16.9%		12.2	822^nd of 906 public elementary schools	9.3%	75	33.3	21.1	23.3	19.2	24.2	26.7	7.9	13.3	23.1	16.9	30.0	30.0	91%	3%	$23,486
Clark St Community	Public	PK, KG-6	280 Clark Street	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3545	278	22	12.7	86.0%	39 (14.0%)	54 (19.4%)	155 (55.8%)	18 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	13.9	795^th of 899 public elementary schools	11.6%		13.6	802^nd of 906 public elementary schools	11.5%	7	18.5	19.4	4.0	20.8	15.9	25.9	22.6	0.0	33.3	20.6	8.0	8.0	97%	3%	$22,375
Norrback Avenue	Public	PK, KG-6	44 Malden Street	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3500	504	43	11.8	70.2%	143 (28.4%)	146 (29.0%)	183 (36.3%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.8%)	19.5	734^th of 899 public elementary schools	18.4%		17.4	770^th of 906 public elementary schools	15.0%	36	25.0	17.2	21.7	20.0	21.0	20.3	25.9	23.9	24.6	23.6	37.0	37.0	100%	0%	$24,263
Worcester Arts Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-6	315 St Nicholas Avenue	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3575	372	26	14.5	42.5%	139 (37.4%)	82 (22.0%)	100 (26.9%)	40 (10.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	63.1	330^th of 899 public elementary schools	63.3%		51.9	436^th of 906 public elementary schools	51.9%	106	50.0	49.2	61.5	57.1	53.7	28.0	32.8	46.2	61.9	40.7	61.5	61.5	95%	0%	$20,251
Thorndyke Road	Public	K-6	30 Thorndyke Rd	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3550	319	21	14.8	63.9%	108 (33.9%)	51 (16.0%)	139 (43.6%)	13 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	37.3	567^th of 899 public elementary schools	36.9%		32.3	615^th of 906 public elementary schools	32.1%	48	28.3	32.8	37.5	45.7	35.3	21.7	31.0	37.5	43.5	32.4	37.5	37.5	98%	2%	$20,025

Cities Near Zip Code 01606

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Worcester	0.29 mi	51	323^rd
Holden	2.02 mi	5	88^th
Shrewsbury	2.93 mi	9	44^th
Boylston	3.45 mi	2	43^rd
West Boylston	4.31 mi	2	86^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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