Middle · Massachusetts

Burncoat Middle School

Free meals for all

Burncoat Middle School, a public middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts: grades 7–8, 720 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Worcester.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 720
Teachers (FTE): 53.1
Students per teacher: 13.5
Grades: 7–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.5 · 303 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 79% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 531 · 303 schools compared

Larger than 71% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

30%proficient

+4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared

653 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

31%proficient

+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared

652 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 7–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Worcester

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Worcester.

Location

Address: 135 Burncoat Street, Worcester, MA 01606
Phone: (508)799-3390
City or town: Worcester
County: Worcester County

Website Quality of life in Worcester Schools in Worcester

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Forest Grove MiddleFree meals for all	7–8	839	11.5	31%	22%	1.3 mi
Worcester East MiddleFree meals for all	7–8	731	14.3	24%	16%	3.1 mi
Mountview Middle	6–8	773	14.8	53%	58%	3.2 mi
Oak Middle School	7–8	914	14.3	66%	70%	3.4 mi
Sherwood Middle School	5–6	951	13.4	53%	61%	3.4 mi
Sullivan MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	940	12.8	34%	28%	5.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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