Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #221 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
The Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District is a public regional vocational district whose students attend Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School. The district serves communities in southern Worcester County, a region of small towns and suburban neighborhoods in central Massachusetts. Bay Path, located in Charlton, offers career and technical programs alongside a traditional academic curriculum. The school draws students from multiple member towns, reflecting the regional approach of Massachusetts vocational-technical education.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 20% of districts. Students attend 95.1% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 28% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is up 10 points since 2023 (51% to 61%), while statewide it fell 13 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 23% in 2022 to 11.1% in 2025.
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Schools in Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
43.1% female · 56.9% male
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 115 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1% missed 20% or more of school days