Bacon Academy

As a tight-knit secondary school in Colchester, Connecticut, Bacon Academy serves 572 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Colchester School District. Compared to the state average of about 788 students per school, that is 27% smaller than typical.

Colchester School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,085 students; Bacon Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bacon Academy lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bacon Academy has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region put median household income runs about $86,586, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bacon Academy is one of 88 public schools in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 36,605 students).

Nearest neighbor: Colchester Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Bacon Academy.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 796 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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