Black Rock School

Black Rock School is an elementary school with a street address in Thomaston, Connecticut. Total enrollment is 259 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 3. That is 31% below the average of about 378 students for elementary schools in Connecticut.

Enrollment across the 3 schools in Thomaston School District totals 762 students.

Federal enrollment data show Black Rock School is 77% White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. The school has 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.9:1 compares with an average of 12.6:1 for elementary schools in Connecticut. Federal data show 37% of students (97) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 52% average for public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is 15 points higher.

In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, home to about 454,969 people, the median household earns about $86,191 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region number 121, with about 59,861 students.

Black Rock School's closest public school neighbor is Thomaston High School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Black Rock School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Black Rock School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.0 to 10.9 over 4 years.

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