Amity Middle School: Orange

Located at 100 Ohman Ave., in Orange, Connecticut, Amity Middle School: Orange is a small intermediate school that teaches 380 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Regional School District 05. Compared to the state average of about 521 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Regional School District 05 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,100 students. Amity Middle School: Orange is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Amity Middle School: Orange lists that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Amity Middle School: Orange logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than South Central Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 51%.

In the area at large, South Central Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $88,197, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across South Central Connecticut Planning Region's 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), Amity Middle School: Orange is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Race Brook School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 78% to 64% over that span.

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