Worcester Academy is an independent coeducational preparatory school spread over 67 acres (270,000 m2) in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States. The school is divided into a middle school, serving approximately 150 students in grades six to eight, and an upper school, serving approximately 500 students in grades nine to twelve, including some postgraduates. Approximately one-third of students in the upper school participate in the school's five- and seven-day boarding programs. Currently there are approximately 80 international students enrolled from 14 different nations.
 
Recent Highlights
In January 2010, the Worcester Academy team won the Brain Bee competition for the state of Massachusetts and Raji Pyda '12, won the overall competition. She represented the state in the national Brain Bee, which was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2010.
 
In May 2010, Worcester Academy's Walk and Rock for the Jimmy Fund raised $21,862 for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research and support at Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. In 2005, two juniors, Jeffrey Rothschild '07 and Elizabeth Tripp '07 with the support of their faculty adviser, Dr. Francine Smith, founded Walk and Rock for the Jimmy Fund. The event—a walkathon and music festival—raised $221,862 over a five-year period. This total includes an anonymous $100,000 donation from a Jimmy Fund supporter and parent of Worcester Academy alumni. In its first years, the event headlined the bands State Radio and ZOX. Other notable leaders of the event include Aaron Faucher '08, Stonleigh Caswell '09, and Jake Arthur '10. Although the Jimmy Fund Club still remains, the last Walk and Rock ended in 2010 due to the amount of time and effort it took to plan and organize.
 
In the spring of 2011, the We The People club won the Massachusetts championship and traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the national championship. The Worcester Academy team competed with teams from every state.
 
In 2011, Worcester Academy's math team won its seventh (and fourth straight[3]) Worcester County Mathematics League championship,[4] its seventh (and sixth straight[5]) state championship,[6] and its fourth New England championship (the third in six years[7])
 
Notable faculty and alumni of Worcester Academy include:
William H. Bates 1936, U.S. Congressman
John Barrett 1883, American Diplomat
H. Jon Benjamin 1984, actor, comedian
George Boardman the Younger, 1846, missionary
George B. Boomer 1847, Civil War General
Albert H. Bumstead 1894, Chief Cartographer National Geographic and inventor of sun compasses
Ralph A. Doc Carroll, 1909, Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia Athletics, 1916.
Bill Cooke 1970, National Football League player
General Norman Cota 1915, portrayed by actor Robert Mitchum in the 1962 movie classic "The Longest Day"