General Basic Facts
General Basic Facts | Employee Basic Facts | Student Basic Facts | Facilities Basic Facts
The 2007 Annual Report, 2007 - 2008 Basic Facts brochure, and the 2007-2008 Reaching for the Stars booklet are available for downloading and printing. (Note: They have been designed for two-sided printing, in booklet form.)
2009-2010 Annual Report
2009-2010 Basic Facts
2009-2010 Reaching for the Stars
The School System
- 5 elementary schools
- 1 intermediate school
- 3 middle schools
- 1 special school
- 3 high schools
- 1 career and technology high school
Student Population - 6,747
School Day - 6 hours 42 minutes
School Year - 180 days
Food Services
- 62 food services employees
- 237,159 breakfasts
- 555,211 lunches
- 27,267 senior citizens, MAC and adult day care meals
- 55,222 after-school snacks
- 874,859 total meals prepared
School Bus Transportation
- 83 buses
- 1,472,705 miles a year
- 8,211miles a day
- 73 bus contractors
- 92% of students qualify for bus transportation
- Ongoing driver training and bus inspections are conducted
Technology
- At least two mobile computer labs per school
- Student to computer ratio is 2.8: 1
- Internet and high-speed T1 lines are in all schools
- Wireless internet access at all high schools
- Electronic grade books -- with parents access for viewing -- used in all intermediate, middle, and high schools
- Wireless network in all middle and high schools
- Technology coaches in each school *
Facilities, Operations and Maintenance
- 13 maintenance technicians
- 66 custodians
- 1,254,273 sq. ft. of building space is consistently repaired and maintained
- 2,250 work orders processed this year
- 429 acres total: grass cutting and landscaping of 294 acres at 14 sites
- New Worcester Technical High School (opening mid-October 2008) *
Health Care Professionals
- 15 school nurses had a total of 73,427 office visits over the 2007-2008 school year
- 80% of students were able to return to the classroom after treatment
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Worcester County Public Schools spent an average of $11,907 to educate each student in FY 2006.
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