ACES at Chase

Located at 565 Chase Parkway, in Waterbury, Connecticut, ACES at Chase is a reasonably sized junior high that hosts 556 students (grades 6 through 9), operated by Area Cooperative Educational Services.

Across the 3 schools in Area Cooperative Educational Services (1,097 students total), ACES at Chase accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ACES at Chase shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting ACES at Chase higher than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Naugatuck Valley Planning Region (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, census data for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region shows the typical household earns roughly $86,191 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), of which ACES at Chase is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Side Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACES at Chase.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACES at Chase has contracted 22%, going from 712 students in 2018 to 556 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 39% over that span.

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