Elementary · Massachusetts

Worcester Academic Center for Transition (ACT)

Special education

Worcester Academic Center for Transition (ACT), a public elementary school in Worcester, Massachusetts: grades 1–6, 49 students, 3.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Worcester.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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: 49
Teachers (FTE): 12.7
Students per teacher: 3.9
Grades: 1–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

0.0%proficient

A lower share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

0.0%proficient

A lower share proficient than 100% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

32 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: Elementary · Grades 1–6
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
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: 14 New Bond Street, Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: (508)538-9106
City or town: Worcester
County: Worcester County

Quality of life in Worcester Schools in Worcester

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Thorndyke RoadFree meals for all	K–6	319	14.9	27%	29%	0.8 mi
Burncoat StreetFree meals for all	K–6	223	10.8	16%	17%	1.1 mi
Wawecus Road SchoolFree meals for all	K–6	155	11.6	14%	18%	1.3 mi
Nelson PlaceFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	621	13.4	34%	40%	1.3 mi
Worcester Arts Magnet SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	372	14.5	45%	40%	1.4 mi
Norrback AvenueFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	504	11.8	20%	21%	1.5 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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