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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01609

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At a glance

Schools

929

Students

Top rankedElm Park Community811^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 01609 in Worcester, Massachusetts contains three schools — all classified as elementary, all in the Worcester district, and all serving grades K–6 — enrolling 929 students combined, with no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP.

Elm Park Community is the largest, with 478 students (about 52% of the ZIP's enrollment), and posts the strongest overall results in the area: 14.55% proficient in English language arts and 20.81% in math in 2025–26, plus comparatively strong 6th grade results (26.09% ELA, 28.26% math). Chandler Elementary Community, with 402 students, is the science leader at 19.05% and has the only 2025–26 grade-level result in this ZIP that beats the district — 4th grade math at 29.17% versus the district's 25.80%. Worcester Academic Center for Transition (ACT) is the outlier: only 49 students, the lowest student-teacher ratio at 3.8, and 0% proficiency in ELA and math, with no science, rank, or spending data reported.

Even so, this ZIP sits near the bottom of the state. The Worcester district ranks 304 of 351 districts (13th percentile, 1 star), and the two ranked schools are lower still: Elm Park Community at the 10th percentile and Chandler Elementary Community at the 9th percentile. Every reported 2025–26 all-grade score for Elm Park Community and Chandler Elementary Community is below both district and state averages. Strengths also differ by grade: Elm Park Community's 5th grade is weak across all subjects, while Chandler Elementary Community's 6th grade ELA (7.69%) is the lowest grade-level ELA result reported here. Science swung sharply from 2024–25 to 2025–26 — Elm Park fell from 31.11% to 11.67%, while Chandler rose from 8.16% to 19.05%. Note that free/reduced lunch data is blank for all three schools and spending figures are from 2020–21 only, so economic 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)		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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	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	Total
Chandler Elementary Community	Public	K-6	114 Chandler Street	Worcester	01609	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3572	402	28	14.4	97.4%	54 (13.4%)	53 (13.2%)	249 (61.9%)	35 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	12.1	819^th of 899 public elementary schools	8.9%		12.6	819^th of 906 public elementary schools	9.6%		15.1	12.2	18.2	7.7	13.1	18.9	29.2	16.7	17.3	20.5	19.1	19.1	$21,898
Elm Park Community	Public	K-6	23 North Ashland Street	Worcester	01609	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3568	478	32	14.9	91.6%	78 (16.3%)	81 (16.9%)	278 (58.2%)	28 (5.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	12.7	811^th of 899 public elementary schools	9.8%		13.5	804^th of 906 public elementary schools	11.3%	7	13.8	10.5	10.2	26.1	14.6	22.4	24.6	10.0	28.3	20.8	11.7	11.7	$21,146
Worcester Academic Center for Transition (ACT)	Public	K-6	14 New Bond Street	Worcester	01609	Worcester County	Worcester	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(508) 538-9106	49	13	3.8		15 (30.6%)	7 (14.3%)	23 (46.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.1%)								(n/a)				0.0	0.0				0.0	0.0

Cities Near Zip Code 01609

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Worcester	0.48 mi	51	328^th
Shrewsbury	3.51 mi	9	48^th
Auburn	3.63 mi	7	195^th
Holden	4.05 mi	5	73^rd
Leicester	4.66 mi	4	297^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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