Andrew Avenue School

Andrew Avenue School, a close-knit elementary campus in Naugatuck, Connecticut, overseen by Naugatuck School District, hosts 221 students, covering grades K through 4. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Andrew Avenue School sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Naugatuck School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,889 students. Andrew Avenue School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Andrew Avenue School lists that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 36% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,191, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Andrew Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Naugatuck High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Andrew Avenue School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 278 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.