Summary:
The 01612 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Paxton Center, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 432 students. Paxton Center is part of the Wachusett school district, which is ranked 83 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Paxton Center appears to be a strong-performing school, outperforming the state average in MCAS proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across multiple grade levels. In 2024-2025, Paxton Center's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate of 63.41% is significantly higher than the state average of 42.48%, and its 6th grade Mathematics proficiency rate of 77.08% is notably higher than the state average of 41.25%. The school's Science proficiency rates for 5th and 8th grade are also well above the state averages.
Paxton Center has a student-teacher ratio of 13.5 and spent $13,904 per student in the 2020-2021 school year. While the school's performance is generally stronger than the Wachusett district and the state as a whole, there are some grade levels and subject areas where the school's proficiency rates are lower, such as 5th grade ELA and 7th grade Mathematics. Identifying and addressing these areas could help the school continue to improve and provide an even higher quality education to its students.
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