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Burncoat Senior High
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Burncoat Senior High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

179 Burncoat Street, Worcester, MA 01606 · (508) 799-3300 · Part of Worcester School District

Worcester’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,073
Students per teacher
13:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Burncoat Senior High

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 27% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 12 pts below the state

On the path

Where Worcester kids come from and go next. The whole path →

7–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Burncoat Senior HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency22%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts37%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

179 Burncoat Street, Worcester

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9277
Grade 10269
Grade 11248
Grade 12256
Ungraded23
Enrollment over time
1,153’20
1,176’21
1,179’22
1,124’23
1,073’24

Down 6.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 42%White 28%Black 20%Asian 5%Two or more races 4%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Burncoat Senior High from Worcester families.

Other schools in Worcester School District

The district →

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Worcester’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.