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===Primary and secondary education=== [[Worcester Public Schools]] educate more than 25,000 students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through 12th grade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=03480000&orgtypecode=5|title=Worcester β Enrollment/Indicators|year=2019|publisher=Massachusetts Department of Education|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170453/https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=03480000&orgtypecode=5|url-status=live}}</ref> The system consists of 34 [[elementary schools]], four [[middle schools]], eight [[high schools]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=o&so=-&ot=5&o=1906&view=dir | title=Worcester β Directory Information | publisher=Massachusetts Department of Education | year=2007 | access-date=March 3, 2007 | archive-date=July 5, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705205148/http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/home.asp?mode=o&so=-&ot=5&o=1906&view=dir | url-status=live }}</ref> and several other learning centers such as [[magnet schools]], [[alternative schools]], and [[special education]] schools. The city's public school system also administers an adult education component called "Night Life", and operates a [[Public-access television]] [[cable TV]] station on channel 11. [[Worcester Technical High School]] opened in 2006, replacing the old Worcester Vocational High School, or "Voke". The city's other public high schools include [[South High Community School]], [[North High School (Worcester, Massachusetts)|North High School]], [[Doherty Memorial High School]], [[Burncoat High School|Burncoat Senior High School]], [[University Park Campus School]], and Claremont Academy. The [[Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI|Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science]] was founded in 1992 as a public secondary school at the [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]. One notable charter school in the city is [[Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School]], which teaches kindergarten through 12th grade. It is granted status by Massachusetts as a Level 1 school. It is the one of 834 schools in the United States to offer the [[International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme]]. Twenty-one private and [[parochial schools]] are also found throughout Worcester, including the city's oldest educational institution, [[Worcester Academy]], founded in 1834, and [[Bancroft School]], founded in 1900.
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