The 2026 Update of Understanding Your Neighborhood Schools dashboards, developed by Worcester Regional Research Bureau in partnership with Worcester Education Collaborative, use 2025-2026 enrollment data for the Worcester Public Schools, MSBA 2025 survey data, as well as data from the 2024 5-YR American Community Survey to provide interactive dashboards that serve as a valuable resource for families, policymakers, and educators, offering a comprehensive view of each school in the WPS District.

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Worcester Regional Research Bureau in partnership with Worcester Education Collaborative (WEC) developed an interactive Tableau dashboard that displays progress on Our Promise to the Future, the Worcester Public Schools’ 2023–2028 Strategic Plan. The dashboard is designed to help the public understand progress to date on the district’s more than 50 performance indicators. The accompanying brief explains what the strategic plan is, how it was created, and summarizes key findings form the district’s early progress monitoring data.

Paying for a Public Education: An Examination of the FY26 Worcester Public Schools’ Budget is the latest in an on-going series from the Bureau, analyzing the budget-making process of the Worcester Public Schools and some of the new additions to this coming year's adopted budget.

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Fixing the Foundation: Uneven Access to Modern Schools and a Blueprint for a More Equitable Future explores inequities in access to school facilities with conditions suited to 21st century learning contribute heavily to large and growing achievement gaps in Massachusetts.

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