Worcester Academy

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Worcester Academy
Address
81 Providence Street Worcester , Massachusetts 01604 United States
Information
Type	Independent, day and boarding
Motto	Ἐφικνοῦ τῶν Καλῶν (Achieve the Honorable)
Established	1834; 190 years ago (1834)
Head of School	Kevin Breen
Faculty	80
Enrollment	450 upper school 65 middle school
Average class size	14
Student to teacher ratio	8:1
Campus size	71 acres (290,000 m2)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Maroon
Athletics	24 Interscholastic sports 54 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conference	NEPSAC
Mascot	Oskee
Team name	Hilltoppers
Newspaper	Vigornia
Yearbook	The Towers
Website	www.worcesteracademy.org

Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12.^[1] It is the oldest school founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducational preparatory school, it belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools.