Summary:
ZIP code 01607 in Worcester is home to two public elementary schools, Quinsigamond and Vernon Hill School, both part of the Worcester district and both serving students in grades PK through 6. Together they enroll 1,263 students — 738 at Quinsigamond and 525 at Vernon Hill. The district overall ranks 304 of 351 districts in Massachusetts, and neither school meets the Worcester district average or the state average in any subject or grade level tested.
Comparing the two, Vernon Hill School has the stronger English Language Arts and math results. Its ELA proficiency is 15.24 versus Quinsigamond's 11.98, and its math proficiency is 16.27 versus 15.93. Vernon Hill also posts the highest single grade-level scores between the two schools, including 3rd grade ELA at 23.33 and 6th grade math at 20.41. Quinsigamond, meanwhile, is stronger in science, at 14.81 compared with Vernon Hill's 8.33, and is the larger school. Both rank near the bottom statewide: Vernon Hill at 840 of 899 schools (7th percentile) and Quinsigamond at 850 of 899 (5th percentile). Neither earned a star in 2025–26, and both dropped from one star in 2023–24.
Looking at year-over-year change, ELA fell at both schools, down 4.30 points at Quinsigamond and 2.57 points at Vernon Hill. Math moved in opposite directions: Vernon Hill improved by 2.97 points while Quinsigamond stayed essentially flat. The most striking shift was Vernon Hill's science score, which dropped 13.10 points, from 21.43 to 8.33, while Quinsigamond's science was nearly unchanged. Resources look similar at both schools — student-teacher ratios of 13.3 and 13.4 — and per-student spending was $16,072 at Quinsigamond and $16,321 at Vernon Hill. Free or reduced-price lunch information is not available, so it cannot be used to understand these results. Families choosing between the two should know that both are well below district and state averages; Vernon Hill is relatively stronger in ELA and math, while Quinsigamond is relatively stronger in science.
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