The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in Science. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Charles Jaworek School
Charles Jaworek School is a regular public elementary school in Marlborough, Massachusetts, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is the only school in the district with the “Jaworek” name, and it sits within a city that has a distinctly modern suburban-industrial character. Marlborough transitioned from 19th-century manufacturing to high-technology industry after the Massachusetts Turnpike was built, and it remains shaped by major highway corridors. The city is diverse, with a notable share of residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino and a significant foreign-born population. Population has grown in recent years, and the housing market is expensive relative to national averages. The school itself reflects that diversity at the student level: the largest group is Hispanic, followed by White, with smaller populations of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on economic disadvantage and special populations—free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education status, and English learner status—are not reported in the available records, so a parent would need to ask the school or district directly for that information.
On state assessments, the school’s results place it in a challenging position. On the Next-Generation MCAS tests for the 2024–25 school year, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below three in ten in both math and English language arts, and roughly three in ten in science. These are the most recent figures available, and they represent a continuation of a multi-year trend. Looking back, proficiency rates in both math and ELA were substantially higher in the years before the pandemic. In 2018–19, for example, ELA proficiency was over half, and math was close to half. After 2020–21, rates fell sharply and have remained at roughly the current level or slightly lower each year since. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages across tested subjects and grades, places it in the bottom quarter when compared with other districts in Middlesex County—a large county with many districts, so this is a clear indication of below-average academic performance relative to nearby peers.
Because Jaworek is an elementary school, there is no high school graduation rate to report, which is expected. Several other measures that commonly appear in school profiles are also absent from the available data: chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, and course access. Without those pieces, it is harder to get a full picture of the school environment, daily operations, or student support systems. A parent may want to follow up with the school office to learn about class sizes, intervention programs, and how the school addresses the academic challenges visible in the test scores.
The school sits within the Marlborough district, which oversees the transition to middle and high school. The city’s civic core is centered on Main Street, but the built environment is heavily autocentric, with schools likely distributed across neighborhoods rather than clustered downtown. For families considering this school, the key facts are a diverse student body, a setting in a growing and relatively expensive city, and state test results that are low compared with the county and have not yet recovered from the pandemic drop. The data available does not point to specific program strengths or extracurricular offerings, and the missing demographic indicators make it hard to assess the level of need the school serves. What is clear is that Jaworek is an elementary school where academic performance, as measured by Massachusetts state standards, is significantly below the county’s median, and that trend has been persistent for several years.
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