As of 2018, 451 out of 600, or 68% of the school's students were white, 66 (11%) were Asian, 32 (5%) were Black, and 15 (2.5%) were Hispanic or Latino.

[2] The corresponding numbers for the community were 56% white, 8% Asian, 12% black and 21% Hispanic or Latino.

[4] In 2011, Worcester Academy's math team won its seventh (and fourth straight)[5] Worcester County Mathematics League championship,[6] its seventh (and sixth straight)[7] state championship,[8] and its fourth New England championship (the third in six years).

[9][10][11] Notable faculty and alumni include: In certain instances, student-athletes attend Worcester Academy solely for their senior year, or for a single postgraduate year, to increase their exposure to college coaches or to improve their academic standing.

See also: Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts